“f you asked a kid, 'Would you rather be president or world boxing champion,' they'd all say world boxing champion.”
Petros and Nikos Spanakos, twin brothers and professional boxers, remember growing up in Brooklyn.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“I just recently lost somebody who was very much like my best friend.”
Lisa Cerulli to her brother, Derek Billings (not pictured), and mother, Sandy.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“My dad had seen some pearl necklace in Paris...”
Hania Jakubowski tells the story of her parents' engagement.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“My mother wanted to take a vacation to this place in the Poconos, and I didn't want to go.”
Carol Safir tells her son, Adam, how she met his father.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“We would drive into whatever was the closest town and approach the police and ask, 'Where is the colored section?'”
Patricia Adams tells her friend Louisa Stephens about traveling in the South during segregation.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“I went into Uncle Jake's room and opened up the dictionary, and in the middle was hidden a magazine...”
84-year-old Miriam Kerpen to her daughter, Lisa Shufro.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“I got a great, big rock, about as big as a bowling ball, out of somebody's garden and heaved it through the back window of his car.”
Judy Allen tells a story about her ex-husband to her daughter, Kelley Edwards.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“I spend more time with Clarice than I do with my own family.”
Veteran Grand Central Terminal ticket clerk Mike DeMeo to his colleague Clarice Brewer.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“We were having breakfast at Friendly's and this young couple came in with an autistic child.”
Patricia Attoe to her friend Diana David.
Recorded in New York, NY.
“Then I said, 'Don't you have brothers and sisters and your father?' He says, 'I have no father; I have no mother. So, I have to do this.'”
Beula Gabriel, who founded a school for underprivileged children in India, tells her daughter, Bix, about one of her students.
Recorded in New York, NY.