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When terrorists attacked the country on 9/11, Cameron Clapp, then 15, was watching in horror from his home in Grover Beach, California. "I felt devastated. It was like my country was just falling apart," says Cameron, now 19. To deal with his angst, he built a memorial in the front yard of his house with friends and family. "We lined the driveway with candies and hoisted a flag in honor of those who had died," he recalls. Still in a funk four days later, Cameron went out to drown his sorrows at a friend's place.
It was close to 3 a.m. when he stumbled home drunk, but rather than going to bed, Cameron headed to his favorite chill-out spot: the train tracks that ...