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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.
By Oliver Wiseman
05.07.24 — The Front Page
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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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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is a senior editor and writer for The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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