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Kathryn “Katie” Gallagher shares her life experiences, set backs and successes. She tells her story of how she became a well respected firefighter and what motivated and lead her there.

We go in depth on what Zach Ping enjoys and finds fruitful in life

Talking about my uncles life as a kid and who helped him grow up.

While spending time at home on Thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to interview my uncle about his fire department experiences focusing on the tragedies that occurred on September 11th, 2001. He shared his experience in the fire department and...

Jill Sharfstein (72) interviews friend and fellow congregant Nancy Fisher (77) about her experiences as a member of Central Synagogue and her work interviewing Holocaust survivors for the Shoah Foundation.

we talked about someone sampson looks up to who is his mom

Talking with my dad about his life I guess

My father’s experience surviving the Hartford circus fire.

Discussion of working as his parents' two restaurants and as a Omaha firefighter

While in Michigan, Jenae Wright (31) talks to her friend Kelly Willmott (60) about living in Texas and differences between the two states. She moved to the state after living in Michigan for over a decade and now faces strains...

Sharon and Fred, longtime residents of the Chicagoland area, invited me into their lovely Wheaton home to tell me the story of how they rebuilt after losing their home in a fire. They also shared stories of their travels and...

An interview with one of my best guys I know.

If you know Randy Block, then you know that he is a survivor of an explosion when he was at work. If you do not know Randy then this is an opportunity to hear about where he worked and how...

In 2001, my dad, Rodney Barnes traveled to China to work on the movie Rush Hour 2. During his work trip, he did not expect to witness a religious persecution. He witnessed the Falun Gong setting themselves on fire for...

My grandpa lived a very interesting life and still does. He recommends to live life to the fullest, while you have it.

Interview about hippie movement and a factory for that stated work laws

School Fire

Amber Soja’s career is on fire. The resident at NASA’s Langley Research Center studies fire regimes and how they are being affected by climate change. “Every fire season is worse,” she says, adding that the changing fire regime is proof...

Foot break caused a fire on back of the four wheeler

I was playing with match sticks and now my brother found and started yelling I threw the match stick in the wood now smoke is in the air...

She doesn’t know anything other than this. Mattie burrage talks about life growing up in Mississippi and her move to Michigan. She explains what it was like moving forward. Through out she tells funny,scary and heart warming stories you wouldn’t...

Recorded on March 28, 2001 by HB Smith @76 yrs old, exactly 10 yrs to the day before his passing.

I interviewed my two uncles and my mom about their experience being in LA when the Rodney King riots occurred.

We talked about the effects of hurricane Lane in Lahaina on the island of Maui.

Ben talks to his grandma, Naomi Eisley, about her experiences during the 2017, North Bay Firestorm. Naomi never lost her house, but she was displaced for several weeks, for which time she lived with Ben's family.