A Norwegian teenager who survived the massacre on the island of Utoeya shares his first person account of the story. The teenager found strength at the thought of his friends and family and his only thought was to 'keep on living.' The 2011 Norway attacks were two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks against the government, the civilian population and a Workers' Youth League (AUF)-run summer camp in Norway on July 22, 2011, claiming a total of 77 lives.

Eddie Adams, an American combat photographer and photojournalist, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken on a Saigon street on February 1, 1968. Adams was covering the Vietnam War for the Associated Press and caught this photo of Police Chief General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Vietcong Prisoner Nguyen Van Lem. The Vietnam War started in November 1955 and lasted until April 1975. The war took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and its communist allies and South Vietnam, the United States, and their anti-communist allies.

Crystal Miller describes the scene of Columbine Shooting at North Platte High School. She visited the school in 2010, to share her experience. The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher. The pair then committed suicide.

27-year-old Anne Marie Hochhalter remembers the day she lost her ability to walk in the Columbine High School massacre. Her first person account reveals that she was shot and had to undergo four hours of surgery. Shortly after the shooting, her mother committed suicide. Anne remembers feeling, lost, angry and confused at having lost so much in her life. The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered a total of 12 students and one teacher. The pair then committed suicide.

John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980. Bruce Springsteen performed that night and the next at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, opening with "Born to Run." This recording is from the night of December 9. He closed the show that night with "Twist and Shout," a shout out to an iconic Beatles recording, known for Lennon’s energetic vocals. John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman, a man he had earlier signed a copy of Double Fantasy for.

Norma McCorvey recalls her displeasure and disapproval at the assassination of Dr. George Tiller but also continues to fight against abortion. Her first person account remembers the time she stood for the legalization of abortion, but now feels that it is murder. Her view of Tiller was non other than a "child murderer", but she feels his death was wrong. On May 31, 2009, George Tiller, a physician from Wichita, Kansas, was killed by Scott Roeder. Tiller was killed during a church service at the Reformation Lutheran Church. Tiller was known for being one of the few doctors in the United States to perform late-term abortions.

A witness to the 2011 Tucson shooting addresses his opinions and skepticism of the attack at Safeway in Tucson, Arizona. His first person claims to see no bullet holes on anything and questions whether or not some of the event was orchestrated. On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green.

Nancy Bowman, nurse and wife, discusses what it was like witnessing the Tuscon shooting outside a Safeway in Arizona. Her first person account recalls her and her husband's sight of people on the ground and the shooter running rampant. Bowman urges for a plan to be called into action to stop the gun violence. On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green.

Survivors of the Tucson shooting share their stories and disbelief after escaping the mass shooting outside of a Safeway in Arizona. Their first person accounts tell the tragic tale of how they were shot or injured and only barely escaped with their lives. On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green.

Pam Simon was working at the "Congress On Your Corner" event, when Jared Loughner opened fire into the crowd, hitting her in the chest. Pam's first person account remembers how quick the shooting happened and recalls getting shot in the chest and feeling the bullet travel down to her hip. Pam speaks out and calls for action against gun violence in America. On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords' staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green.