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  • “The biggest struggle was to take messages.”

    Claritza Abreu, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, tells her friend Gerardo Villacres about one of her first jobs in the United States.

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    Recorded in Cambridge, MA

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

    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

  • “I think like a lot of families we had the 'missing' posters up.”

    Antonia Landgraf and Matthew Gambale remember their sister, Giovanna "Gennie" Gambale, who died on September 11, 2001. Gennie worked at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of Tower One. She was 27 at the time, and living near her parents' home in Brooklyn.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I didn't have any idea as to what to expect...”

    Colbert Williams (R) talks with Ralph Catania (L), his fifth grade math teacher who later became his legal guardian, about going to live with Ralph at the age of 15.

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    Recorded in Ann Arbor, MI

  • “What were you thinking when I was born?”

    Nathan Williams, 15, interviews his father, Colbert, 30, about being a single parent.

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    Recorded in Grand Rapids, MI

  • “I was in the ICU and there was a man dying of tuberculosis...”

    Dr. Pedro "Joe" Greer talks to his wife, Janus, about how he started working with Miami's homeless.

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    Recorded in Miami, FL

  • “There was this hole that I had all of my life.”

    MJ Seide talks to her granddaughter Genna Alperin about falling in love with her partner, Genna's biological grandmother.

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    Recorded in Norfolk, VA

  • “It's hard to believe that our troop's lasted that long.”

    54-year-old Boy Scout Derek Connell (C) talks with his Scoutmasters Richard (L) and Claudia Coleman (R) about Troop 409, a troop for scouts with special needs.

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    Recorded in Pensacola, FL

  • “He had long eyelashes that any woman would die for.”

    Andrea Doctor remembers her husband, Johnny Doctor Jr., who was killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Doctor was an information systems technician first class in the United States Navy.

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    Recorded in Washington, D.C.

  • “I wasn't afraid. I thought, 'I'm going to be cool about it.'”

    Jim Krawczyk remembers seeking out the late author and recluse J.D. Salinger in the 1960s.

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    Recorded in Milwaukee, WI

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