Category: Friendship

“This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'”

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Andrea McKnight and her husband, Jay, remember meeting as teenagers in the 1950s.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“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.

“Some guys couldn't handle it.”

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Vietnam veterans Gary Redlinski (L) and Glen Fruendt (R) remember working in Graves Registration at an Army mortuary near Saigon.

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Recorded in St. Louis, MO.

“I think I could have done another 31 years.”

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Retired New York City sanitation worker Angelo Bruno (L) speaks with his friend and former partner, Eddie Nieves (R), about working together on their daily route.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“I never have found another neighborhood like that one.”

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Alfred Zepeda (L) talks to his friend Albert Elias (R) about their childhood in Chavez Ravine, a Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles that was replaced by Dodger Stadium.

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Recorded in Montebello, CA.

“I was sick; I had no job; I was lonely—and then Felix called me.”

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Rob Sanchez (R) and his friend Felix Aponte (L), who both served time at Sing Sing Penitentiary, talk about Rob's diagnosis with an aggressive form of kidney disease.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

“When I first met Antonio he was 270 pounds...”

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Cactus Car Wash owner Frank Lynch (L) talks with his employee and friend, Antonio Douglas (R), about helping him get in shape.

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Recorded in partnership with WABE in Atlanta, GA. Array

“I've been in and around barber shops all of my life.”

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Lawrence Anthony (L), who has been cutting hair for over 60 years, and fellow barber David Shirley (R), talk about their work. For more photos, click here.

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Recorded in Drexel, NC.

“I don't think you knew how scared I was...”

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Brian Miller talks to his son, Johnathan Emerson, about adopting him as a single dad nearly ten years ago.

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Recorded in partnership with the San Luis Obispo County SELPA (Special Education Local Plan Area) in Atascadero, CA.

“It was probably the loneliest time of my life.”

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Sue Adam (L) tells her daughter, Deborah Dimasi (R), about her decision to place Deborah for adoption as a baby.

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Recorded in New York, NY.

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