What looked like a textbook operation left Jeff Thompson suspended between life and death....

As a young boy, Fairoborz grew up ina changing Iran. By the late 1970's, he had witnessed both political and religious upheaval. But it wasn't the revolution that troubled this bright 8 year old boy - but the growing doubts that were beginning to fil...

Mike Simons and his wife Gayle were making a good living running the family auto repair business. But medical bills and lots of overspending left them with a heavy debt load....

An accidental shooting caused the death of Quinton's son and he turned to heroin to help numb the pain. ...

Jermaine grew up in New York with a crack addicted mother. To escape, this urban youth wrote about his pain....