At 44, Troy Pritt is a full-time student at the University of Baltimore, where he is obtaining a business degree. Although, the former Sparrows Point steel mill worker compares the closure of the mill to the loss of a parent, he isn’t looking back. Instead, he’s looking ahead at a new career and identity. Produced by Stokely Baksh/Baltimore Sun.

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