Tragedy Avoided!
Tragedy Avoided!By Katie Jacobson For dinner, we ordered from Cracker Barrel. We got a family meal that came with biscuits, butter, and little honey packets....
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A troopship was carrying soldi
A troopship was carrying soldiers home from Europe. General Eisenhower came up with the idea of hotbunking — that means half the men slept below...
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This is Robert. He was our waiter on a 24
This is Robert. He was our waiter on a 24-night cruise two years ago on the Celebrity Constellation, traveling the Western Mediterranean and across the...
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See the young man in this picture?
See the young man in this picture? He was 18 years old when it was taken at the train station in Mobile, Alabama, in 1952....
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On September 11, Giovanna Galletta Gambale
Giovanna Galletta Gambale, known to her family and friends as Gennie, was a young woman working on the 105th floor of the North Tower of...
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Without saying a word
“Without saying a word, this photo speaks more than words ever could.” “Ian is 15 years old. In 2019, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a...
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Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897) spent his university days
Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897) is remembered today as one of the founders of modern mathematical analysis, but his early life did not look promising at all....
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The phone rang at midnight from a DHS supervisor
The phone rang at midnight from a DHS supervisor: “There’s a three-year-old girl at the hospital. Her mom was shot and probably won’t make it....
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One day, I took one of my twins
One day, I took one of my twins to the nursery to change his diaper. While I was doing that, I heard the front door...
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Paulette Goddard, seen here with her third
Paulette Goddard was a clever, ambitious woman who rose from very modest beginnings to become a Hollywood star and, later in life, an extremely wealthy...