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Let’s Help These Guys

By Brian Winter

A benefit event in New York on Jan. 31 seeks to assist Argentine victims of the October terror attack. Even Lionel Messi is lending a hand.

I never, ever expected the reaction it got.

When I sat down at my computer on the morning of Nov. 1, I wanted to write a short homage to Argentines’ unique gift for lifelong group friendships. I had just seen a photo of 10 friends from Rosario, half of whom had been killed in a terrorist attack the day before here in New York. I lived in Buenos Aires for four years as a young reporter and I was - by some bizarre...

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