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The boat's motor gave up. Anis got ready to swim. He looked from child to child. "Who would I save?"' Syrian refugee swimmer Rami Anis on his terrifying journey to the Olympics
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The boat's motor gave up. Anis got ready to swim. He looked from child to child. "Who would I save?"' Syrian refugee swimmer Rami Anis on his terrifying journey to the Olympics
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