April 1999 – Navy SEAL Training Program – Coronado, California: Some join the military out of love for their country; others join because the military allows for a job or a college education. Adam Brown joined the Navy at age 24 to save his life. Becoming a Navy seal...
October 10, 1492 – Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa: It had been 34 days since the three small ships left the Canary Islands. The tension and grumbling on board had been building for over a week, and the frightened crew was on the verge of mutiny. The...
1951 – A hospital in Sydney Australia: After four grueling hours, doctors successfully removed a diseased lung from 14-year-old James Harrison. The following three days were touch and go for James; he required 13 units of blood to stay alive. His first recollection...
Christmas 2003 – Henderson, Tennessee: After raising three children of their own, David and Laurie Novak raised ten foster children before seventeen-month-old Lexi and her two-month-old brother, Robby, came to live with them the week before Christmas 2003. To the...
Christopher Reeve grew up in New York with a dream to be an actor. As a teenager, he landed summer acting roles in theaters from Boston to Cape Cod. After earning his BA degree from Cornell University in 1975, he did graduate work at the Juilliard School in New York...
