Looking for the Liberian sister I left behind
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Helene Cooper grew up in Liberia, fled during a bloody military coup and arrived in the US as a child refugee. Her background inspired her to become a journalist but there was one question that still needed to be answered: what had happened to the adopted sister she’d left behind? This interview was first broadcast in May 2019.
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Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Alice Gioia
(Photo: Eunice (in striped dress) and Helene Cooper (with sunglasses). Credit: Helene Cooper)
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