On this episode of Our American Stories Jimmy Neary was an Irish immigrant who boarded a ship to America in the s and went on to open a namesake restaurant in Manhattan that has for more than a half century been a famed canteen in the heart of New York City Here to tell his story is Jimmy's daughter Una Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Julio was biking across the George Washington Bridge mdash that nbsp busy double-decked thoroughfare connecting New York City and New Jersey mdash when he encountered a life-or-death situation A man was standing on a ledge over the Hudson River preparing to jump Knowing that the police wouldn rsquo t arrive in time Julio acted quickly He recalls getting off his bike and spreading out his arms saying something like ldquo Don rsquo t do it We love you rdquo Then like a shepherd with a crook he grabbed the distraught man and with the help of another passerby brought him [... more]