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Iowa native reflects on his 9/11 volunteer experience 25 years later
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On this episode, we talk with Iowa native and retired Green Beret John Paluska. He recounts the day he watched from his dorm roof in New York City as the second tower collapsed, his days of working at Ground Zero, his military career it inspired and the years-long effort to bring his Afghan Special Forces counterpart to safety. Then, University of Iowa historian Colin Gordon joins us to look at how 9/11 reshaped domestic spending and priorities over the last 25 years.