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How Chicago Tribune Reporters Retraced The Steps Of Michigan Man Shot In Syria

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Caleb Stevens (fourth from left) in Raqqa with other politically motivated members of his unit. (Courtesy Caleb Stevens)
Caleb Stevens (fourth from left) in Raqqa with other politically motivated members of his unit. (Courtesy Caleb Stevens)

On Monday, Here & Now's Robin Young spoke with a young man named Caleb Stevens who walked into a Chicago hospital in January with a bullet wound from Syria.

Now, we speak with the Chicago Tribune reporters, Rosemary Sobol (@RosemarySobol1) and Patrick M. O'Connell (@pmocwriter) — who first heard about Stevens on a police scanner — about how they were able to corroborate his story of fighting with a Kurdish militia group.

Caleb Stevens (right) in Raqqa with Mehmed, a Kurdish friend who was also fighting there. The picture was taken just after the ISIS forces in the city surrendered. (Courtesy Caleb Stevens)
Caleb Stevens (right) in Raqqa with Mehmed, a Kurdish friend who was also fighting there. The picture was taken just after the ISIS forces in the city surrendered. (Courtesy Caleb Stevens)

This segment aired on March 13, 2018.

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