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Jun 7, 2009

"A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return." --Bhagavad Gita

The Story of An Amazing Catch

Marvin Goldstein was a toddler in 1945 when he experienced a catch rivaling any you'd see at a baseball game. "The windows at that time did not have window guards," Goldstein remembers. "I leaned out, and I had one hand on the window inside and the other hand I was leaning out. [I] let go and fell five stories." Sal Mauriello, a barber, was coming home early from work that day. He heard a woman scream and saw her point up to the window. Mauriello took off his coat and used it as a net to catch Goldstein in his arms. But the story doesn't end there.