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Watch the moment a former sanitation worker finds out he got accepted to Harvard Law

Rehan Staton, a 24-year-old former sanitation worker, was ecstatic when he found out he was accepted into one of the world's top law schools. Raised by a single dad who worked endless hours to provide for him, Staton struggled in high school and was even told by one teacher he needed to be in special education classes. He told Vladimir Duthiers his co-workers inspired him to follow his dream, and credited the people "on the bottom of the hierarchy" for lifting him up.
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