“I was going to get this little boy an adoptive home before Christmas.”

Sister Mary DeSalles Collins, who worked at New York Foundling for over 50 years, remembers one adoption just after World War II.

Recorded in Yonkers, NY, in partnership with the Convent of Mary the Queen.

“We go around and we bless the hands of all the people who work in the hospital.”

Janet Lutz (R) tells her friend, Lori Armstrong (L), about working as a hospital chaplain.

Recorded in Atlanta, GA.

“You followed my footsteps and I thought it was great.”

Ledo Lucietto and his daughter, Anne, talk about how their family's mechanical inclination has been passed down through the generations.

Recorded in Baltimore, MD.

“She still thought I was in Iraq.”

Hector Vega and his wife, Leopoldina, remember the day Hector returned home from war.

Recorded in New York, NY.

“If I'm going to get up over this big bum so I can shoot, I'm going to have to jump.”

Former NBA player Kenny Sailors, 87, tells his friend Anne Brande about pioneering the jump shot.

Recorded in Laramie, WY.

“My nickname is the Human Computer.”

New York City cab driver Oleg Roitman (L) tells fellow cab driver Andrew Vollo (R) about entertaining passengers.

Recorded in New York, NY. Click here for more taxicab driver stories.

“A lady puts a cat in my cab...”

New York City cab driver Jerry Tierstein (R) tells fellow cab driver Andrew Vollo (L) about a memorable passenger.

Recorded in New York, NY.   Click here for more taxicab driver stories.

“It's an easy job. One street goes uptown, one goes downtown.”

Hyman Bloom (L) tells fellow taxicab driver Andrew Vollo (R), about driving a cab for over 30 years. Hyman Bloom retired in 2007.

Recorded in New York, NY.   Click here for more taxicab driver stories.

“The avenue was full of two things: bars and churches.”

Betty Esper talks to her friend Mark Fallon about life in Homestead, before the U.S. Steel mill closed in the 1980s.

Recorded in Homestead, PA.

“We really didn't know what we were doing.”

Brooklyn-born Joe Spano tells his son Joe Jr. about opening a small Italian restaurant in Texas.

Recorded in Abilene, TX.