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Video of the Week: Mount Rushmore worker looks back on project, 75 years later

At Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, Nick Clifford is almost as popular as those four presidents looming up above.

“You’re just a blessing and I want to shake your hand,” a visitor told him.

That’s because Clifford is the last survivor of the 400 men who carved the monument more than 70 years ago. Now, at 95, he’s a rock star. ...

Read entire article at CBS News