Michael Garofalo
Stories
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'I'm Walking Out With You Alone': A StoryCorps Love Story
Brooklynites Danny, an OTB clerk, and Annie, a nurse, have been chronicling their life together since the early days of StoryCorps — from their first date to Danny's final days with terminal cancer.
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National
A Father And A Son, Lost To 2 National Tragedies
Earlier this year, Albert Petrocelli died after contracting the coronavirus. StoryCorps revisits a 2005 interview with Albert and his wife remembering a son who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.
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National
'This Is ... Personal': After Surviving COVID-19, A Mom And Daughter Mourn Loved Ones
Jackie Stockton and daughter Alice Stockton-Rossini recovered from the virus that killed friends and a relative. Faith and the ability to take life "one minute at a time" help the women persevere.
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National
By Age 85, She'd Given 23 Gallons Of Blood: 'Because I Can'
Lillian Bloodworth, now 92, says when she first started to give blood, other donors would read her name tag and ask if that was really her name or if it was a gimmick for the blood bank.
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National
'That Day Wasn't About Us': One Of The 1st Same-Sex Married Couples Looks Back
David Wilson and his husband Rob Compton were plaintiffs in a lawsuit that led to marriage equality in Massachusetts in 2004. At StoryCorps, they remember their wedding day.
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National
A Father-Daughter Relationship Strained By 'Mental Illness And Time'
Shotzy Harrison's dad has spent most of his adult life homeless. Growing up, he was in and out of her life. They reunited in 2013 before he disappeared again — but she hopes she'll see him again.