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A fencing journey from Brooklyn to beyond

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A fencing journey from Brooklyn to beyond

This month’s MVP takes us to East Flatbush, where a young fencer in Brooklyn stepped out of her comfort zone and discovered a whole world of possibility. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

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