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Dan Campbell, a 61-year-old former roofer who lives in an encampment in the woods, has gotten used to helping people escape death.
He’s reversed more overdoses over the years than he can count on his hands. He’s a pro at performing CPR to keep people alive. And he first met one of his closest friends after finding him passed out beneath a snow pile and pulling him to a fire to warm up.
Campbell saved his friend then, but he died alone in his tent years later when Campbell wasn’t around. He didn’t think the police ever properly investigated it.
“That was pretty hard on me,” Campbell said. “Still is.”
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Campbell lives in a tent community by the Mississippi River now. And whenever he hears shouts in the distant woods, he investiga...
