Encore: A Connecting Flight12:58

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After a chance meeting on an airplane, school volunteer LynnEllen Friedman was inspired to help Timothy Tucker feel closer to home during his first deployment to Afghanistan. The letters and care packages he received were as unexpected as their meeting. Read and listen to the full story here.

Plus, how small tokens and gifts from neighbors helped a mother and her teenage daughter as the young girl struggled with a mysterious illness. Read the full story here.