Georgianne

Yeah, I called NASA and I talked to my teacher and she told me she was okay and that I'm okay and I feel better. I remember very vividly marching up the little stairs. I pulled out the yellow pages from under our counter. So Monica, other young people, it was this big book of phone numbers.

Yeah, I called NASA and I talked to my teacher and she told me she was okay and that I'm okay and I feel better. I remember very vividly marching up the little stairs. I pulled out the yellow pages from under our counter. So Monica, other young people, it was this big book of phone numbers.

I looked up the number for Johnson Space Center and called. The operator there connected me to Cape Canaveral, where my teacher was to watch the launch in Florida. So when my mom tells the story to this day, I am the hero of the story. Can you believe me? She was nine years old and called NASA.

I looked up the number for Johnson Space Center and called. The operator there connected me to Cape Canaveral, where my teacher was to watch the launch in Florida. So when my mom tells the story to this day, I am the hero of the story. Can you believe me? She was nine years old and called NASA.

I looked up the number for Johnson Space Center and called. The operator there connected me to Cape Canaveral, where my teacher was to watch the launch in Florida. So when my mom tells the story to this day, I am the hero of the story. Can you believe me? She was nine years old and called NASA.

But really, as I have reflected on that so many times in my life, and I tell the story often in different contexts, is that really the hero of that story was an operator. She was the operator on the worst day. Can you imagine what NASA was like that day? The calls that were coming in, the devastation, the grief, the hurt. And a stranger, she didn't know me, but heard this sad story.

But really, as I have reflected on that so many times in my life, and I tell the story often in different contexts, is that really the hero of that story was an operator. She was the operator on the worst day. Can you imagine what NASA was like that day? The calls that were coming in, the devastation, the grief, the hurt. And a stranger, she didn't know me, but heard this sad story.

But really, as I have reflected on that so many times in my life, and I tell the story often in different contexts, is that really the hero of that story was an operator. She was the operator on the worst day. Can you imagine what NASA was like that day? The calls that were coming in, the devastation, the grief, the hurt. And a stranger, she didn't know me, but heard this sad story.

scared little girl. She could have easily said, honey, your teacher's in Florida. She's busy. I can't find them. Bless your heart. But she took the time to connect me to Cape Canaveral to find someone there who went to track down my teacher and connect that call to a private place. And I really remember Ms. Laughlin saying, I'm okay. And you're okay. And it's all going to be okay.

scared little girl. She could have easily said, honey, your teacher's in Florida. She's busy. I can't find them. Bless your heart. But she took the time to connect me to Cape Canaveral to find someone there who went to track down my teacher and connect that call to a private place. And I really remember Ms. Laughlin saying, I'm okay. And you're okay. And it's all going to be okay.

scared little girl. She could have easily said, honey, your teacher's in Florida. She's busy. I can't find them. Bless your heart. But she took the time to connect me to Cape Canaveral to find someone there who went to track down my teacher and connect that call to a private place. And I really remember Ms. Laughlin saying, I'm okay. And you're okay. And it's all going to be okay.

There's just a lot of times in my life and in the work that I do that I tell that story with just the reminder that acts of kindness that we get to perform to people we know and don't know is what is going to make the world be okay.

There's just a lot of times in my life and in the work that I do that I tell that story with just the reminder that acts of kindness that we get to perform to people we know and don't know is what is going to make the world be okay.

There's just a lot of times in my life and in the work that I do that I tell that story with just the reminder that acts of kindness that we get to perform to people we know and don't know is what is going to make the world be okay.

And a domino effect. Yes.

And a domino effect. Yes.

And a domino effect. Yes.

An unsung hero. I never was able to track her down and find her. But if she happened to be listening, thank you. Because she made a difference like all these years later.

An unsung hero. I never was able to track her down and find her. But if she happened to be listening, thank you. Because she made a difference like all these years later.

An unsung hero. I never was able to track her down and find her. But if she happened to be listening, thank you. Because she made a difference like all these years later.