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Wade Kwon (40) talks with his friend Sean Kelley (37) about a near death experience he had just before starting college.

Melvin Erroll Taylor (MT) interviews his friends Sylvia Smith Lewis (SL) and JoJo Smith (JS). They discuss JoJo’s career as a professional dancer and dance instructor.

54 year old man talks about his survival of 9/11, from the South Tower, with his 21 year old daughter and his 53 year old wife.


Mary Coyne (62) interviews her friend and colleague Kathy Cornett (73) on her fascinating life. Kathy talks about her family, a fateful elevator ride, her strong belief in luck and the legacy she would like to leave behind.

Cathy reminisces on her life as a young woman discovering the world around her.
James Connolly interviews his grandfather, Ernest Mathewson. Ernest describes his experiences with luck and fate. Ernest started as a somewhat troubled middle school student. During high school he was sent to a military school where his grades drastically improved and...

Maria Meza-Ayala (89) habla con su hija Maribel Meza (25) de su vida en Mexico. [Maria Meza-Ayala (89) talks with her daughter Maribel Meza (25) about her life in Mexico.]

Alan Mars talks to Jenny Pachucki about his experiences during the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as well as the 9/11 attacks.

Joan Ruskin, 85, talks to her daughter Susan Steinhauer, , about life after her heart attack and what she now considers important in life.

Marie tells her daughter Rachel about her parents and their strength and dedication serving their country and raising a family

Betty Grebenschikoff, 79, is interviewed by her daughter Jennifer Grebenschikoff, 58.


Poet and writer Gary Holthaus, age 76, is interviewed by his daughter, Stephanie Holthaus, age 48, about his life writing poetry and how he became a published poet.

Margo Frank (63) tells her daughter Lily Caravello (33) about finding out that she had an older sister.



Three sisters interviewed by daughter/niece about growing up on a cattle ranch in south Texas as a Mexican-American family. Stories about their university educations, traditions, pranks, and life on the ranch.

Serena Stickney interviews Russell Dale, reunited after twenty years. They talk about who they were in the third grade, who they are now, and what they want to be in the future.

father tells daughter about growing up near an amusement park; daughter remembers commuting to WTC on 9/11/01

Mary talks to her son Bruce about her life’s purpose to be a mother and to spread the message of honoring the divine feminine.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their families, their education and the Oakland of their youth.