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The main engines of the space shuttle Discovery ignited briefly then were shut down four seconds before lift-off on June 27, 1984 setting the space shuttle program back two months. This was the second time in the history of the United States manned…

Photographer says, 'A visit to one of the soup kitchens finds boxes of Lee's salvaged food sitting in their kitchen and hungry children ravenously eating what may be their only meal of the day. The haunting eyes of this hungry little girl named…

Lee prefers to remain anonymous in his efforts so he doesn't personally deliver the food to the soup kitchens. He stashes it in his garage and volunteers from several different kitchens come over every day and pick up their share. Unbelievably, he…

Photographer says, 'At top Lee fills a grocery cart with the help of a friendly grocer. He is given all the produce that has a bruise or a scratch here and there which won't sell anyway. In bottom picture Lee turns away disappointedly after being…

Occasionally Lee hits the jackpot. A computer error at this grocery store caused them to receive several hundred more loaves of bread than they could sell. Lee was able to fill his grimy old car's trunk and back seat to the ceiling with the bread. …

Lee goes through the dumpster behind one of the 'unfriendly' grocery stores. It aggravates Lee to see this store throw away perfectly good food when the kids are hungry at the city's various rescue missions. Lee claims that he often finds good food…

Lee Dimter is an 80-year-old retired Marine officer whose daily efforts feed literally hundreds of hungry, often homeless people. Most of the grocers trust Lee and some see him as nothing less than a saint. These save food for him knowing that it…

Over a peanut butter sandwich, Lewis Jessup helps Lois Young with her math homework as another child, Adrian Banks peeks from beneath the table. Such evidence of positive values is all too rare in Southwalk, Philadelphia's worst public housing…

At the Family Living Center, a shelter for homeless, Juanita and John spend a quiet moment alone.

Dhillion is tired of discussing the situation with Juanita and tells her he has no more time to offer her since he wanted to show the house to some other prospective renters.