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“We have shown the world that the impossible is now possible. The only missing thing is who will ensure this job gets done,” said Boyan Slat, founder and chief executive of the Ocean Cleanup.

United said Tuesday that the Boeing 757-200 with 165 passengers aboard landed in Denver on Monday to “address an issue with the slat” on one of its wings.

The organization was founded in 2013 by 16-year-old Boyan Slat, a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur, with the aim of cleaning up 90 percent of floating ocean plastic pollution by 2040.

Instead of introducing the audience to unfamiliar people with flaws and frailties that no amount of superstrength can entirely overcome, we're handed a slat in a bridge to the next project each of which feels less consequential than the last.

A video showed gunmen firing from inside a white truck with what appeared to be wood slat sides around its bed.