When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
WARNING: THIS CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UPS OF REINAISSANCE-AGE SCULPTURES.
WARNING: THIS CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UPS OF REINAISSANCE-AGE SCULPTURES.
Michelangelo loved the marble from the quarries at Carrara.
Not sure he would actually be paid by the French Cardinal, who'd commissioned the Pieta, Michelangelo worked hard and lived frugaly.
Rick Rescorla, an employee for Morgan Stanley, worked in the World Trade Center and worried about a future terrorist attack. He planned ahead, in case...
This video - by Jim Hilgendor - takes us on a virtual trip to Robben Island.
Robert Goddard was given the title "Father of Modern Rocketry" by NASA for his impact on the science of rockets.
Although he joked with his doctors, on 30 March 1981, President Reagan came dangerously close to losing his life to an assassin's bullet.
On the 12th of June, 1987, President Ronald Reagan visited Berlin.
Rosa Parks brought the civil rights movement fuel to grow with her actions.
This video clip, from the 1930s, shows circus roustabouts - like those in Water for Elephants - as they do the hard work erecting the "Big Top" and th...
On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse successfully tests an electrical telegraph. So why did it take years longer to send the first message?
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