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Chapter One
Gerald
Coffee
"I ejected at 680 miles per
hour and was knocked unconscious by the
impact of the jet stream."
Chapter Two
Jackie
Pflug
"Thirty minutes into the flight,
three men stood up with guns and grenades."
Chapter Three
Drew Pearson
"In just over one month, my
charmed life had been turned upside down."
Chapter Four
Brenda
O'Quin
"I ran to the door and found
a police officer standing on my front porch."
Chapter Five
Chuck
Negron
"I was living a fantasy life
that seems unreal to all except those who
have lived it."
Chapter Six
Nora Lopez
"I saw the barrel of a rifle
pointing out of a car that had pulled up
beside me."
Chapter Seven
Robert
Grimminck
"I quit that day, horrified
that my secret might become known."
Chapter Eight
M'liss & Chuck
Switzer
"The abuse started on the first
night of our honeymoon, and got worse over
time, culminating with Chuck taking a rifle
to bed."
Chapter Nine
John Hiller
"I sat down at the table and
lit a cigarette, and then it felt as if
someone was sitting on my chest."
Chapter Ten
Geraldine
Ferraro
"Gerry, I hope you are serious,
as you are taking a mans place you know."
Chapter Eleven
Mitch
Berger
"I had been released or put
on waivers five times in two years."
Chapter Twelve
Jason
Weber
"When I opened the door there
was a guy holding a gun. In Spanish, he
said that he was a guerrilla and told me
to come with him."
Chapter Thirteen
Janet
Guthrie
"I knew that being a woman
was irrelevant in terms of my ability to
race competitively, but no one else seemed
to."
Chapter Fourteen
Bill Rinaldi
"It was billed as the greatest
political upset in Lackawanna County in
over a decade."
Chapter Fifteen
Bob Love
"I was alone, broke, and unable
to walk without a cane. I had neither a
job nor any prospect of getting one."
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Chapter Sixteen
LuAn
Mitchell-Halter
"We were told that we would
never have children, and that Fred would
likely not live for more than five years."
Chapter Seventeen
William
Gregory
"I was sentenced to 70 years
with the possibility of parole after
serving twelve years."
Chapter Eighteen
Jim
McKenny
"I was an unemployed 32-year-old
with a tenth grade education and I owed
$90,000 to Revenue Canada."
Chapter Nineteen
Sarah
Brady
"There were many tense moments
during the five-hour surgery and the
days following."
Chapter Twenty
Mike
Utley
"Man, I wish I could take
that play back!"
Chapter Twenty-One
Patty
Wetterling
"I was in total disbelief
and shock. My son Jacob had been kidnapped."
Chapter Twenty-Two
Nicholas
Brendon
"My biggest fear was being
in front of people."
Chapter Twenty-Three
W. Mitchell
"He seems so positive and
upbeat, but what is he going to do when
he realizes how terrible it is?"
Chapter Twenty-Four
Terry-Jo
Myers
"I would not have cared if
I had killed myself or anyone in my way."
Chapter Twenty-Five
Richard
Sammons
"I had completely lost my sight."
Chapter Twenty-Six
Diane
MacWilliams
"The business was in terrible
shape and should have been forced into
bankruptcy. We had to decide whether
or not to close it."
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Frank
O'Dea
"I was living on the streets
panhandling for money, staying at fifty-cent
flophouses, and struggling to get through
each day."
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Mary
Stream
"I had $100 bills falling
all over me, and I rolled in them screaming.
It was such a thrill!"
Chapter Twenty-Nine
John
Steer
"I lay for two days under
dead bodies before I was finally rescued."
Chapter Thirty
Leslie
Mouton
"I felt total disbelief upon
finding out that I had breast cancer."
Chapter Thirty-One
Jim
Smith
"I looked up at guards with
machine guns staring down at me from
the thirty-foot high fences. I was pretty
sure this was the end."
Chapter Thirty-Two
Buck
O'Neil
"You have to learn to give
it up."
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