The first thing I wanted to do when I left the hotel was to get to the television tower.
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A Lithuanian demonstrator runs in front of a Soviet tank during an assault on the Lithuanian Radio and Television station in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 13, 1991. Photo: Andre Durand/AFP/Getty Images