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 Well, my name is Edward and I'm a high school senior who is not looking forward to graduating. I don't know about everyone else, but school is fun, at least that's what I make of it. Here in Queens, we have more than what any borough has. First off, the city is less then 15 minutes away and Queens is the only borough where 147 different languages are spoken. Beat that Brooklyn, Bronx or Manhattan. So, if there are that many languages, there are that many different kinds of people, no need to go to another borough. Queens is where you need to be!!!!!!!!
January 2006
Story Description: My Family Remembers
Just three out of every million Americans are diagnosed each year with a potentially fatal blood disease called Aplastic Anemia. Edward was one of them. He was 12 years old when he entered the hospital and received a life-saving bone marrow transplant from his littlest brother, followed by months in the hospital and a year recuperating at home. Once he fully recovered, he didn't look back. Now a healthy high school senior, Edward assumes that everyone around him has moved on, too. But when he decides to revisit this part of his past, he discovers that his each of his family members experienced his illness in ways he didn't (or couldn't) recognize at the time and some effects still linger.
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Edward's Mentor:
Collin Campbell is an Associate Producer in the WNYC Newsroom, where he wakes up earlier than anyone else in New York City to put together the news. Before that, he took a not so sure-footed path across many industries in his home state of California, working as a lifeguard and swim instructor, a substitute Santa Claus, a NASA employee and a World Wide Web believer. He moved to New York in 2002 and immediately knocked on WNYC’s door.
Interesting Fact: In three years, Collin has lived in six different apartments and four of the five boroughs. Next stop: The Bronx.
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