“And I asked him everything that I ever wanted to ask. I asked him to tell me the real story.”
Debbie Fisher remembers her father, an Auschwitz survivor.
Recorded in New York, NY
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“One of the cops said, 'Oh, you think you can do better?'”
Phyllis Johnson tells her friend Danny Perasa about how she went from Police Department clerk to beat cop.
Recorded in New York, NY
“I said, 'What are you saying? Are you proposing to me tonight; now?”
Barbara Paer to her daughter, Shelley Rubin.
Recorded in New York, NY
“One Christmas, I got this ice-skating outfit for Barbie. It was made out of deep purple velvet trimmed in fake fur.”
Cathy Slumber to her daughter, Kelly.
Recorded in New York, NY
“Another lady heard me talking, and she came over and said, 'I know this is a God-sent man!”
Norman White to his son, Nome Poem.
Recorded in New York, NY
“I was playing my bagpipes with the Salt Lake Scots, and your mother was in the audience.”
Frederick Buchanan to his son, Alan.
Recorded in New York, NY
“He went somewhere; you could see it. And there was no pain. There's a quiet dignity in there.”
Jesus Melendez telling Frank Perez about poet Pedro Pietri's final moments in an air ambulance.
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“I like it so much, I don't even want to charge the people. That's how much I like it.”
Cab driver Jimmy Beatrice to his friend Andrew Vollo.
Recorded in New York, NY Click here for more taxicab driver stories.
“We were really pioneers. We were the Jackie Robinson of the Air Force.”
Roscoe Brown, Jr., telling his friend Javier Henriquez about being a Tuskegee Airman.
Recorded in New York, NY
“Money money money money. Everyone spends money for oneself.”
Shirley Sun to her English teacher, Ruthe Karlin.
Recorded in New York, NY