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DESERVES THE BEST START.

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TWO YEARS THAT IT HAS HAPPENED

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>>> A MANDA WYNN FIRST MAD

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HEADLINES ON BEHALF OF SEXUA

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ASSAULT SURVIVORS AN

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CAMPAIGNING TO STOP ANTI-ASIAN

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HATE CRIMES.

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>> NOW SHE IS ABOUT TO BECOM

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THE FIRST VIETNAMESE AMERICA

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WOMAN TO GO INTO SPACE

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I SPOKE TO HER ABOUT HER MESSAGE

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FOR ANYONE WITH BIG DREAMS

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>> Reporter: AS PART OF HE

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ASTRONAUT TRAINING, AMANDA

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NYUGEN WAS SUBMERGED WIT

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SECONDS TOFIND HER WAY TO TH

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SURFACE.

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>> MY OXYGEN FAILED.

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WHEN YOU ARE PUSHED AT THE

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MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO

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DROWN, YOU CHOOSE TO FLAIL OR GO

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THROUGH WITH IT.

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>> Reporter: TRUE TO HER NATURE,

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SHE FOUGHT

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>> I SURFACED AND I TOLD M

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INSTRUCTOR, MY TANK FAILED

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AND HE SAID SO WHAT, YOU PASSED.

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>> YOU ARE NO STRANGER T

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STRUGGLING AND FIGHTING.

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YOU WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN

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COLLEGE.

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WHAT DID THAT DO TO YOUR JOURNEY

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AT THAT POINT?

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>> AT HARVARD, MY DREAM WAS TO

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BE AN ASTRONAUT.

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DURING MY LAST SEMESTER, I WAS

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RAPED.

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I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND GOT A

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RAPE KIT PROCEDURE

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I REMEMBER WALKING OUT OF TH

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HOSPITAL FEELING SO ALONE, S

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OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF

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PAPERS AND PAMPPHLETS THAT THE

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GIVE YOU

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AND ON THAT, IF AT THE END OF

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MONTHS, MY RAPE TEST COULD B

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DESTROYED AND UNTESTED

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>> THAT WAS THE LAW THAT THE

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COULD DESTROY IT AFTER 6 MONTHS.

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>> AND THAT TURNED INTO A CHOICE

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I HAD TO MAKE.

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DO I REWRITE THE LAW

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I DECIDE TO DEFER MY DREAMS OF

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BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT.

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>> Reporter: SHE CREATED A

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NONPROFIT THAT LOBBIED FOR A LAW

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THAT WOULD PROTECT RAPE KITS AND

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ENSURE SURVIVORS DON’T PAY FOR

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THE MEDICAL EXAM LAWS.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA SOINED IT INTO

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LAW.

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>> IT GRANTS 25 MILLION ON THE

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FEDERAL RIGHTS

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MOST ARE AJOUDICATED IN TH

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STATE COURT.

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SO WOE STILL HAVE TO PASS IT

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STATE BY STATE AND THAT’S WHAT

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WE CONTINUE TO DO.

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>> Reporter: HER WORK GARNERED A

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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

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AND WHEN THE NUMBER OF

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ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES INCREASED

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DURING THE PANDEMIC, NYUGE

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SPOKE UP AGAIN

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>> THIS IS KILLING US.

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>> IN FEB OF 2021, I TURNED ON

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THE CAMERA, AND I ASKED PEOPLE

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TO LISTEN TO OUR STORIES AND

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OVERNIGHT, 11 MILLION PEOPLE

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RESPONDED.

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AND OUR POLITICAL LEADER

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STARTED LISTENING MORE

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SERIOUSLY.

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>> Reporter: NOW SHE I

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RETURNING TO HER DREAM, DEFERRED

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BUT NOT DENIED, SET TO ARRIVE IN
SPACE ON JEFF BEZOS ROCKET

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SPACE ON JEFF BEZOS ROCKET

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SHE IS PLANNING TO LEARN ON HO

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TO TREAT INJURIES IN SPACE

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>> VERY FAMOUSLY, THE FIRS

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AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, SALLY REID

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JUST A COUPLE DAYS TRIP IN SPACE

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WAS GIVEN 100 TAMPONS.

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AND THE ENGINEERS DID NOT QUIT

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UNDERSTAND

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>> I HAVE TO LAUGH

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I HAVE TO LAUGH, WHAT?

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>> THAT’S RIGHT.

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>> Reporter: AS GIFTS TO BRING

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BACK MOME HOME, SHE WILL B

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BRINGING SEEDS FROM AND SE

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SHELLSFROM WHERE SHE AND HER

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FAMILY FIRST LANDED WHEN

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ESCAPING VIETNAM IN 1979

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>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO BE THE

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FIRST IN SPACE

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>> YEAH, I’M SO EXCITED TO CARRY

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ON AND BE THE FIRST VIETNAMESE

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WOMAN IN SPACE

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I JUST THINK ABOUT MY 5-YEAR-OLD

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SELF AND HOW MUCH SHE WANTED T

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SEE SOMEONE WHO LOOKED LIKE HER.

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MY FAMILY IS REFUGEES FROM

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VIETNAM, LIKE YOURS.

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AND WE CAME ON BOATS AND NOW W

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ARE ON SPACESHIPS.

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IT MEANS THAT WITHIN A

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GENERATION, WE CAN DO GREA

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THINGS AND NO MATTER HOW HAR

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THINGS GET, THE FUTURE I

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BRIGHT

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>> DON’T YOU JUST LOVE TO LISTEN

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TO HER AND THE PERSPECTIVE O

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LIFE AND EVERYTHING SHE HA

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ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR?

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SHE IS ONLY 32

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>> CAME ON BOATS AND NOW THE

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ARE IN THE SKY, LOVE THAT.

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>> THE DATE HAS NOT BEEN

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ANNOUNCED BUT AMANDA WIL

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COMPLETE THE SAME DAY MISSION,