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The things we saved: reminders of the Oakland hills fire

on October 20, 2011

Reporters Adam Grossberg, Mariel Waloff, and Amina Waheed collected stories from seven people who survived the 1991 Oakland hills fire, and asked them what they lost in the fire, and what they saved from it. Click the audio players below to hear from each of them.

Alice
Alissa
David
Howard
Karen
Nancy
Paul

1 Comments

  1. Mike Taylor on December 15, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    im trying to get in touch with paul yager, i just seen him in the article, “The things we saved: reminders of the Oakland hills fire,” any help will be appreciated….



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