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From: StoryCorps
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StoryCorps: Howell Graham and Nan Graham
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From: StoryCorps
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StoryCorps: Julian Walker and Julia Walker Jewell
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From: StoryCorps
75-year-old Julian Walker tells his daughter, Julia Walker Jewell, about an accident his father had as a young boy.
StoryCorps: Betsy Brooks and John Grecsek
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From: StoryCorps
Betsy Brooks tells her boyfriend, John Grecsek, about her father.
StoryCorps: Bob and Aimee Gerold
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From: StoryCorps
Aimee Gerold speaks with her father, Bob, about her adoption from China.
StoryCorps NTI: John Byrne and Samantha Liebman
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From: StoryCorps
Teacher John Byrne talks with his former student, Samantha Liebman, about coming out to his students.
StoryCorps Griot: Walter Dean and Christopher Myers
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From: StoryCorps
Author Walter Dean Myers talks about his father in an interview with his son Christopher Myers.
StoryCorps: Marat and Leon Kogut
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From: StoryCorps
Leon Kogut talks with his son, Marat Kogut, an NBA referee.
StoryCorps: Max Voelz
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From: StoryCorps
Retired Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remembers his wife, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz, who died in Iraq while disarming an IED.
StoryCorps Historias: Ruben and Rachel Salazar
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From: StoryCorps
Rachel Salazar and her husband, Ruben, remember how their romance started with a typo.
Piece Description
"He went somewhere. You could see it. And there was no pain. There's a quiet dignity in there." Aired on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show 8/04.
Broadcast History
Aired on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show 8/04.
Transcript
JM: We took off and as were ascending, before we had leveled off, our level off point was 45 thousand feet so before we had leveled off Pedro began leaving us and uhthe beauty about it is that I believe that theres something after life, you could see it in Pedro. Pedros eyes where open when he was leaving and when he was leaving you see him like no longer paying attention to us although we were yelling and screaming and telling him to stay in this little plane, you know? His eyes although open and looking at me, were focused somewhere else deep inside his head, thats who he was paying attention to, thats where he was going, he went somewhere, you could see it, and there was no pain, theres a quiet dignity in that. And y know hey, y know I hated to see my friend go, I loved my friend very much, I miss him as all hell, but that, that shit was beautiful, that was profound. I had no idea...
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