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Looking for the Liberian sister I left behind
After fleeing Liberia, Helene Cooper later decided to return to find her sister.
Helen 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?
Image: Eunice (in stripped dress) and Helen Cooper (with sunglasses)
Credit: Helene Cooper
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