42 minDonbas, Ukraine
Halyna M.
Retired schoolteacher
"I stayed because someone has to remember the names of the streets. When everyone leaves, a place forgets itself."
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37 minKangaroo Island, Australia
Daniel R.
Volunteer fire captain
"You don't fight a fire that size. You read it, you respect it, and you protect the people who can't run. The rest you let go."
55 minLampedusa, Italy
Amara D.
Search-and-rescue nurse
"Every person who steps off that boat had a kitchen, a song, a name they were called by. I try to learn one of those before I learn anything else."