Story Archive
January 2008
Tuesday 01 January 2008
"As I was washing his hands I saw that he was crying. It was just the most extraordinary moment with a complete stranger."
Wednesday 02 January 2008
I could feel the tears stinging in my eyes, I came level with him, and I thought to myself 'I am not going to let him get away with that!'."
Thursday 03 January 2008
"We had already been prisoners of war for three years... we were down on food, even the Japanese were starving."
Friday 04 January 2008
"I am not usually afraid of flying, but I was afraid of this flight, because I knew what was going to happen at the other end."
Saturday 05 January 2008
"I think I know now what the angels in heaven will sound like. It was so sweet and so perfect"
Sunday 06 January 2008
"At that first moment, I really felt that this was someone who was going to be significant in our life..."
Monday 07 January 2008
"The car swept up around the driveway and glided to a halt…I could feel my excitement rise..."
Wednesday 09 January 2008
"I remember thinking 'this is not the job for a lightweight like me'"
Thursday 10 January 2008
"I could hardly speak to my Granny. I can still feel my tummy turning over"
Monday 14 January 2008
"…he has never been encouraged, he has never been brought to do something like this…"
Tuesday 15 January 2008
"I was going through personal trauma…but there was a constant comforting factor at that point in my life…"
Wednesday 16 January 2008
"When you love someone so much…being the big business man and wearing a suit means nothing…"
Thursday 17 January 2008
“…we had a full cargo of some 6,000 tonnes of iron ore…â€
Friday 18 January 2008
“That was the final blow...I just felt as if a life support had been turned off…â€
Monday 21 January 2008
"I wanted to say a lot. I felt a lot. But I felt incapable of expressing it because it was so big…"
Tuesday 22 January 2008
"…the afternoon was usually reserved time for something different…and on this particular day she had a special surprise for us."
Wednesday 23 January 2008
"He came up to me and said, 'Paddy, get the hell out of here, there's going to be trouble…'"
Thursday 24 January 2008
"I think I began to get numb at that stage. I definitely showed no sign of upset. It was too big a shock…I was on automatic pilot…"
Friday 25 January 2008
"I had never experienced anything like it before. It never happened at home…"
Tuesday 29 January 2008
"I was in a bad way. We were very low and just couldn’t take it in…"
Wednesday 30 January 2008
"I felt really really scared…you have this fear that maybe death is upon you and that you’re going to die…"
Thursday 31 January 2008
"We didn’t speak, we didn’t ask any questions…we were just in awe…"
