Chicken Soup for the Soul of America (32 page)

Do Unto Others
and
A Hero for Our Time.
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Firefighter's Account from the World Trade Center.
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The New York Times
Co. Reprinted by permission. Originally published in
The New York Times,
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Two Heroes for the Price of One, New York Cabbies, No Words, Chance Encounter
and
Long-Distance Call.
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FYI.
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The New York Times Co.
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The New York Times,
November 6, 2001.

What Can Be Said?
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Twin Saving at the Twin Towers.
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The Star-Ledger.
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More Than Chocolate.
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E-Mails from Manhattan.
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Prayer Flags.
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Anxiously Awaiting.
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A Day in D.C.
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Last Call.
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The Vigil.
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A Picture and a Friendship.
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October 23, 2001.

Memento.
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Dust.
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The Only Thing We Could Think Of.
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Playing for the Fighting 69th.
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Reflections from the Pit.
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Dear Mr. Cox.
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Dear Mike.
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Beep If You Love America
and
Neighbors Knowing Neighbors.
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The Face of America
and
How the Children Help.
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,
©2001.

Answering His Country's Call.
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The Dallas Morning News.

His Dream Came True. The Miami Herald,
Issue November 5, 2001 by Linda Robertson. ©2001 by
The Miami Herald.
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The Unity of Strangers.
Reprinted by permission of Lynn Barker. ©2001 Lynn Barker.

The Cops from Madison, Alabama.
Reprinted by permission of Steven M. Gorelick, Ph.D. ©2001 Steven M. Gorelick, Ph.D.

Given the Choice.
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Operation Teddy Bear.
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Send Beauty.
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The Crumpled Blue Ribbon.
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BOWS Across America.
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A Fishing Village Opens Its Heart to Surprise Guests.
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Seattle Times Company.
Used with permission.

Smallest Gestures.
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Dear Dad.
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Four Simple Words.
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Hope from Abroad.
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Did You See Me?
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The American Flag.
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An Ode to America.
©2001
Evenimentul Zilei.
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The New York Times
Special Features/Syndication Sales.

Tribute to the United States.
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The Aftermath.
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I Am the Flag of the United States of America.
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Just Ask Permission.
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Bring Us a Flag.
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Of Thee We Sing.
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I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag . . . From the Bottom of My Heart.
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I Am an American.
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One.
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Excerpt from the poem
Love Lives.
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.

The Ominous Sound: Racist Assumptions.
©2001,
The Washington Post.
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Our American Family.
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Vintage Voices.
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Time to Pray.
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Putting Things into Perspective.
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What I've Learned.
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Can't We Call Game?
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Reflections from a New Father.
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The Mustard Seed.
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Ground Zero.
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Make it Green.
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Celebrate Life.
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What Is It?
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Something Special.
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Why Are You Waiting?
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Standing in Solidarity.
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Is This Normal.
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Act Two.
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