Will Rollins: “I had wanted to work in national security since I was a kid.”

“And in this district, things have been going really well for us lately. I was a federal prosecutor for five years before I did this. I specialized in counterterrorism, and I had wanted to work in national security since I was a kid. Walked into my first class of the day on 911, saw the North Tower collapse, saw the images of Americans covered in ash on the streets of New York, and started thinking about enlisting in the military.” (1:01:03–1:01:07)

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