Here's an inspirational Rabbi story, also from today's Times.

Student Shot on Bridge in '94 Is Following Faith to His Goal

I go to New York roughly every other week for business and almost always pass a sign for Aaron Halberstam Memorial Ramp on the way to LaGuardia. I didn't know the name of the man who is the subject of this article, but I imagine myself having been in the van he was travelling in every single time.