I sat on my friend’s porch, enjoying the early summer day, when my husband, Curtis, called me. “I’m OK, but you’re going to have to come pick me up from the hospital.” My heart sunk to my toes. This...
I sat on my friend’s porch, enjoying the early summer day, when my husband, Curtis, called me. “I’m OK, but you’re going to have to come pick me up from the hospital.” My heart sunk to my toes. This...
Heart racing and adrenaline pumping, Kim Drake cleared an electric fence and didn’t even feel the rocks under her bare feet as she ran through the pasture toward the accident. Kim saw the ATV...
Brie Marie Adkins didn’t know what created her, but she wanted whoever or whatever it was to uncreate her. “I literally wanted to die,” Brie said. “Like, I did not want to be on the planet...
Candice Sumera moved into a 60-story old hotel in New York City after high school — a hotel she believed was haunted, but it provided affordable housing for drama students. She thought her...
His words jolted us. “How can they do that?” he screamed. “This is America! No flag is supposed to be above the American flag.” We looked at each other, wondering at his sudden outcry. I wasn’t sure...
The first time Barry Abernathy met Tyler, the little boy thought Barry was his father. He even ran into Barry’s arms and told him so. The declaration wasn’t spoken as an adoption ploy or to play on...
In 1961, a boat captain found 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault floating alone in the Atlantic Ocean on a life raft. Her legs dangled over the side of the tiny cork float where she’d been surviving...
Were you at Magic Kingdom yesterday?” the complete stranger asked Amy Siesel. “Did you post a pic to The Lucky Fin Project?” Amy stood, mouth gaping, wondering why this unknown lady addressed her in...
“You never forget the first person you see get killed,” Danny said. “Especially when it’s one of your guys.” Danny Long is a retired police officer, a Vietnam veteran, and an answer to prayer. At...