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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."
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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."

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“I know there's people out there who never stepped foot back in that building."
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“I know there's people out there who never stepped foot back in that building."

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“We are all together in this painful world, but because of that, this really organic, deep seated sense of compassion arises that puts us together.”
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“We are all together in this painful world, but because of that, this really organic, deep seated sense of compassion arises that puts us together.”

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“If I can get these kids home. That's all I would need.”
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“If I can get these kids home. That's all I would need.”

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“I have to carry the cancer but you have to carry me.”

“I have to carry the cancer but you have to carry me.”

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"She said, ‘If they let me live with two children, maybe they'll let me live with three.'"
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"She said, ‘If they let me live with two children, maybe they'll let me live with three.'"

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“We had a sense of humor in our stuff, but the backdrop was people we loved were dying.”

“We had a sense of humor in our stuff, but the backdrop was people we loved were dying.”

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“I think they would want somebody to remember them.”
2:37

“I think they would want somebody to remember them.”

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“To be in the service for my country is the greatest thing I thought I did.”
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“To be in the service for my country is the greatest thing I thought I did.”

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“I would listen and then pray for their strength.”
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“I would listen and then pray for their strength.”

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“We were the luckiest of the unlucky.”
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“We were the luckiest of the unlucky.”

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“When you want something, keep fighting for it and don’t let nobody tell you you can’t.”
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“When you want something, keep fighting for it and don’t let nobody tell you you can’t.”

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“Eventually you started sleeping in the basement.”
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“Eventually you started sleeping in the basement.”

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“When everybody is running away from the danger, we run towards it”
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“When everybody is running away from the danger, we run towards it”

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“Everyday that we step foot on that bus, we come home with the possibility of not infecting ourselves only, but our loved ones.”
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“Everyday that we step foot on that bus, we come home with the possibility of not infecting ourselves only, but our loved ones.”

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“I decided to adopt that magpie, which I called Maggie.”
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“I decided to adopt that magpie, which I called Maggie.”

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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”
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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”

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“I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me.”

“I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me.”

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"I did think I was the smartest person in class. But I realized that you were gonna give me a run for my money."
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"I did think I was the smartest person in class. But I realized that you were gonna give me a run for my money."

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”
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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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