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Chad Kagy competes at the X-Games. (Contributed | Chad Kagy)

What Comes Next?

November 22, 2017  |  Kevin Patrick Allen  |  1 min read

What happens when you can no longer be who you’ve been? Flatland profiles two Kansas Citians — an X-Games champion and a war photographer — who, at a young age, must decide what comes next.

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