“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine January 13, 1982 – Washington D.C.: There are not many Americans who remember the name Arland Williams. Air Florida...
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Sure I am of this that you have only to endure to conquer.” ...
“If God gives you something you can do, why in God’s name wouldn’t you do it?” Stephen King 1972 – Hampden, Maine: Tabitha was emptying the wastebasket when she found Stephen’s three wadded-up typewritten...
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” Mother Teresa August 6, 1945 – Hiroshima, Japan: The air raid sirens blared at 6 a.m. but Kiyoshi Tanimoto...
Monday, May 2, 2005 – Bridgeport, Connecticut: It was supposed to be an uneventful six-day sailing adventure to Bermuda on the 45-foot sailboat Almeisan. First mate Lochlin Reidy, age 58, had made 16 crossings with Captain Tom Tighe. The captain had made the 600-mile...
May 1943 – Chungkai Prison Camp – Thailand: Scottish Commander Ernest Gordon lay dying in the infamous Japanese prison camp in a Thailand jungle on the bank of the Kwai River. He had been placed next to fellow prisoners of war on the muddy ground next to several...
