Category: Angels & Mentors

“There was no doubt in my mind, I was going to work along side of my dad, my granddad, my uncles.”

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Retired teacher George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ. Read more…

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Recorded in Trenton, NJ.

“He was so busy that he would schedule surgeries for three and four in the morning.”

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Linda Kenney (R) Miller and her sister Diane Kenney (L) remember their grandfather, Dr. John A. Kenney, who founded the first hospital for African Americans in Newark, NJ.

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Recorded in Montgomery, AL.

“My dad in Cuba said, 'When you go there you're going to ask for George.'”

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Jose "Pepe" Noriega , one of over 14,000 children who came to the U.S. as part of Operation Pedro Pan, speaks with Lynn Guarch Pardo about the role her father, Jorge "George" Guarch, played in the historic airlift.

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Recorded in Coral Gables, FL.

“She didn't have very much warmth about her...”

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Don Michaels tells his daughter Jennifer about his fifth grade teacher.

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Recorded in Bellefonte, PA.

“I put an ad in the local paper and offered to cook Thanksgiving dinner for twelve people.”

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Scott Macaulay remembers how, 25 years ago, he started an annual holiday dinner for strangers who have nowhere else to go.

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Recorded in Melrose, MA.

“When I was younger I didn't like you much.”

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Bryan Echols (R) and his father, Lindberg (L), talk about how their relationship has changed over time.

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Recorded in Chicago, IL.

“I found myself in the principal's office a lot.”

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Judge Berryl Anderson (L) and her mother, Virginia (R), remember what Berryl was like as a child.

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Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

“I can remember things that occur in my heart much better than things that occur in my head.”

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Robert Patterson, who has Alzheimer's disease, speaks with his wife, Karen.

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

“They'd come in limping and they would literally leave walking.”

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Carlos Mosqueda tells his daughter, Cindy, about how his father healed people in their East LA home.

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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA.

“I caught a wave and was gliding down the face...”

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Tom Davis talks with his parents, Connie and Robert, about a surfing accident when he was 21 years old that left him paralyzed from the neck down.

To see a photo of Tom before his accident, click here.

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Recorded in Pensacola, FL.

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