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StoryCorps Sampler: Volume 2

This installment of the StoryCorps Sampler series features interviews collected at our flagship StoryBooth in New York City's Grand Central Terminal during the project's first year.

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Released November 2004. Produced by Sarah Kramer.

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“I have a 16-year-old heart, a 33-year-old mind, and a 73-year-old body.”

Richard Hunt to his daughter, Leslie Hunt.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“I saw this pretty young lady with an umbrella waiting for the bus, so I opened the window and said, 'Can I give you a ride?”

96-year-old Edward Davis tells his granddaughter, Lauren Weigel, about meeting his wife.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“Your mom was just like you when she was growing up -- exactly like you...”

Michael Bergroth to his granddaughter, Kaycee Bauer.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“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.

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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.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“I said, 'What are you saying? Are you proposing to me tonight; now?”

Barbara Paer to her daughter, Shelley Rubin.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“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.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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“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.

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“I was playing my bagpipes with the Salt Lake Scots, and your mother was in the audience.”

Frederick Buchanan to his son, Alan.

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Recorded in New York, NY

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