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HomeVideoThe Survivors of Liberia's War: Sam Bindi's Story

The Survivors of Liberia’s War: Sam Bindi’s Story

Sam Bindi fled the Firestone rubber plantation during Liberia’s civil war, but he still has fond memories of his boyhood home. He started working with Firestone tappers around the age of six, and remembers walking two hours to get to his Firestone school — a fact he reminds his own young children, who live with him in Staten Island.

Watch the complete FRONTLINE/ProPublica investigation, Firestone and the Warlord, here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/firestone-and-the-warlord/