December 26, 1996 – Potter’s Field Cemetery, New York City: Liz Murray borrowed money for a cab ride to the small cemetery. There was no money for a proper funeral for her mother – a cocaine addict and alcoholic who had died of AIDS. Someone donated a pine box with...
Sunday, January 6, 1850 – Colchester, England: It was the worst snowstorm in years. John Egglen thought about skipping church, but he put on his coat and boots and trudged six miles to the small Primitive Methodist Church on Artillery Street. He arrived to an almost...
1954 – At a phone booth in central Missouri: Ray Kroc phoned his corporate office. He thought there had to be a mistake. He had received an order for eight milkshake machines from a San Bernardino, California restaurant. But, the order was correct. Kroc, who had sold...
1986 – Burhanpur Railroad Station, Ganesh Talai, India: Saroo was terrified. The afternoon had begun with excitement as the five-year-old tagged along to the train station with his 14-year-old brother, Guddu, to find food and beg for money. Guddu left Saroo on a bench...
3:00 AM, February 21, 1962 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Wayne Huizenga drank his third cup of coffee. He had not slept much and it was going to be a long shift. Life had not turned out the way he had hoped. Many of his high school buddies had earned college degrees from...
November 16, 1926 – Farm in Coffee County, Alabama: After trying to resuscitate the premature baby boy, the doctor shook his head and placed the lifeless body on the table. The baby’s grandmother walked over, picked up the 10-day-old infant, and quietly pleaded and...
