My Unsung Hero: Terri Powers' Story

我的无名英雄:特里·鲍尔斯的故事

Hidden Brain

社会科学

2021-11-13

4 分钟
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Today we're sharing another episode of our new podcast, My Unsung Hero. To hear more stories like this, subscribe, and enjoy! It's a few days after her mother's death, and Terri Powers is at the checkout line in a grocery store. As she turns to leave, the bagger stops her, and asks a question.
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  • Hi there, Shankar here.

  • Today we're sharing another episode of our new podcast, my unsung Hero.

  • We'll be occasionally dropping stories from that show into the Hidden Brain podcast feed.

  • To hear every story in that series, please head over to my unsung hero and subscribe.

  • One of my hopes is that you listen to these stories before starting your day.

  • I promise it will get you off to a good start.

  • From hidden brain media, I'm Shankar Vedantam.

  • This is my unsung hero stories, where one person reached out to help another in a time of need.

  • Hi Shankar.

  • I would like to talk about my heroes.

  • My unsung hero is the man in the Panama hat on the flight to Boston as the plane neared touchdown.

  • And if I could see them today, I really wish I could thank them.

  • A feeling that they have no idea how much they did for me.

  • Today's story comes from Terry Powers.

  • In 2018, just before Christmas, Terry lost her mom dure.

  • She was 72.

  • A few days later, Terry went to the grocery store to pick up a.

  • Few things, and I was, of course, feeling lots of emotions.

  • But there was this numbness that prevailed over everything just so I could get through the day and take care of the tasks I needed to take care of.

  • So I go to the checkout and the cashier greets me with, how are you?