Exclusive: Columbia Custodian Trapped by ‘Angry Mob’ Speaks Out

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‘We don’t expect to go to work and get swarmed.’ Plus: bird flu, the Met Gala, and much more.
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On today’s Front Page: Donald G. McNeil Jr. on the bird flu epidemic; Suzy Weiss on the Met Gala; our first letters page; and much more.
But first: a Free Press exclusive.
Remember this viral photograph from Columbia last week of the janitor and the protester? Yesterday, we learned that the activist in the picture is a 40-year-old trust fund kid and self…
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