By Crystal Davis and Caitlin Mota –

“I had to give mouth-to-mouth to a dead woman.”
—Irma Noel

“I live close to Bayonne, like right near the Walgreens.
One night I was walking around there and I got mugged
and a guy pulled a gun on me. It was the scariest thing of
my life, and I thought I was really going to die.
He took my bag, emptied it, pushed me and ran away.”
—Holly Hensley

“I’ve done the cinnamon challenge four times in a row.”
—Sebastian Abello

“Someone called me Osama bin Laden. I asked him,‘Are you
calling me Osama bin Laden because I have a beard?’ He laughed.
I asked, ‘If Jesus were here would you call him Osama bin Laden
because he had a beard?’ He didn’t say anything else.”
—Tashfeen A. Majid

“The craziest thing to happen to me? Well, two beautiful women
came up to me and asked me if I wanted to be in the newspaper.”
—Naomi Wright

“I’ve had to force myself to report someone to DYFS.”
—Sandy Mendez

“9/11. I was right there. The second plane went right over my head.”
—Bobby Ruge