• “When Thomson hit the home run, my pals and I were in school.”

    Harvey Sherman remembers October 3, 1951, when the Brooklyn Dodgers lost the pennant on a home run known as the "shot heard 'round the world." Read more...

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “He said, 'You make sure you call that teacher.'”

    Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years. Read more...

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    Recorded in Medford, NJ

  • “He was immaculate from head to toe.”

    Earl Reynolds Jr. tells his daughter, Ashley, about meeting James Brown at his father's barbershop in Roanoke, Virginia.

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    Recorded in Roanoke, VA

  • “It was just happenstance that he happened to be there.”

    Former World Trade Center Director and CEO Charles Maikish remembers John DiGiovanni, who died in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “Mother told me we would be spending the summer in the South.”

    72-year-old Ellaraino (R) tells her friend Baki AnNur (L) about meeting her great-grandmother for the first time.

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    Recorded in Los Angeles, CA

  • “He's always been on my mind ever since then...”

    Former NYPD lieutenant Bill Cosgrove remembers carrying Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of September 11th, out of the World Trade Center. Read more...

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “There's a form we fill out and it's called 'On My Death.'”

    Father Michael Duffy talks about how he came to give the homily at the funeral of his friend, Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Read more...

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    Recorded in Philadelphia, PA

  • “When I would get to a new town, everybody had to see who could whip the new boy.”

    Robert Stover tells his daughter, Valerie Anderson about growing up in the 1930's.

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    Recorded in Howard, PA

  • “I do the decorating, paperwork, whatever law enforcement's needed.”

    Warren Weems (R), who is a teacher's aide in his wife, Robin's, first-grade classroom, is interviewed by his son Jason (L).

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    Recorded in Baltimore, MD

  • “I built my own planetarium in my backyard.”

    Frank Kovac talks about building the world's largest rotating-globe planetarium. Read more...

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    Recorded in Monico, WI