December 1984 – Los Gatos, California: Coach’s death seemed imminent. His 95- pound frame clung to life support in his bedroom. Ramona, one of his nurses, felt impressed to lay hands on him and pray. As she did, Coach felt a jolt of power flow through him. A wilted...
October 5, 1957 – Coalwood, West Virginia: Homer Hickam read about the Russians launching Sputnik, the first satellite into orbit, in the Bluefield, West Virginia Daily Telegraph. For the next several nights, the 14-year-old stood in the yard with his mother to...
March 23, 2002 – Innova Fairfax Hospital – Falls Church, Virginia: After reading the MRI, the doctor turned to former Army Four-Star General Hugh Shelton and grimly commented, “General, I am going to put it to you straight. You are never going to walk again. You may...
February 9, 1917, Sun Flower School – Elkhart, Kansas: Glenn Cunningham, age seven, and his 13-year-old brother, Floyd, walked the two miles to the one-room school. Floyd prepared to light a fire in the large pot-bellied stove, as he did most winter mornings,...
September 4, 1993 – Yankee Stadium – Bronx, New York City: He stood on the mound in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium. For a long moment he studied the scoreboard in center field and thought back on his life – just six outs away from pitching a no-hitter – a dream...
February 18, 1952 – Coast Guard Station – Chatham, Massachusetts: The old timers around Cape Cod had never seen a winter storm like this nor’easter. Hurricane force winds whipped up 50-foot seas just off the coast. Late that afternoon, the distress call came into the...
