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StoryCorps on NPR

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Along the lines of Ronnie Dugger's essay, National Public Radio this morning broadcast, "Father Finds Peace in Forgiveness," on Morning Edition.  It was gathered and produced by StoryCorps. Seven years ago, Hector Black's daughter was murdered after she surprised an intruder in her Atlanta home. "We learned about what had happened in bits and pieces," Black says. Patricia Ann Nuckles had come home, where her attacker was hiding in a closet, hoping to jump out the back window and escape. But she opened the closet door and fell backwards. The man tied her hands behind her back, Black says. Nuckles told the man that he needed to get help with his drug habit, her father says. Her captor gave her advice about how to prevent a burglary...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).