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VIDEO: Rugby Tourney Organizer Speaks About Helping First Responders

Lawrence Almagno, CEO of the Rhode Island Rebellion rugby team, talks about his work to raise money for the FealGood Foundation, and reflects on studying at St. John's in New York.

In the accompanying video, Lawrence Almagno discusses his role in organizing a recent rugby tournament to benefit the FealGood Foundation, dedicated to providing for first responders from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Almagno also describes how he studied at St. John's in New York, lived nearby the World Trade Center, and lost some of his rugby teammates on Sept. 11.

The location of the video is the Sept. 11 memorial at .

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