SCRIPT:
My grandma has taken me on many trips -- to Senegal, the Gambia, parts of Central America, Portugal, Paris. But this is our first camping trip. In fact, I’ve never slept outside before. So when I wake up before dawn on the first morning, I right away think, “Where am I?”

AMBI: Audio recorded before dawn at Zuccotti Park.

I poke my head up from beneath the tarp. Through the tree branches above me, there are still a few stars in the sky. I put on my glasses and see that I’m not alone. Dozens of sleeping people lie next to me, wrapped in blankets and blue tarp. Policemen stand a few yards away forming a perimeter around us. And surrounding all of us are skyscrapers, where people in suits are already heading in to work. After all, this is New York.

AMBI: Street sounds recorded next to park

My grandma is angry about the trillions of dollars our government has loaned banks, in...
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