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Ahmed Hussain
Memories of a boyhood helping out in his family's store in Coney Island and learning to play pinball

Rob Weissbard
Milton Berger's nephew describes adventures at Steeplechase Park with Coney's great showman

Mr. Luong
Coney Island homeowner recalls fleeing Vietnam with his family in 1981 and settling in New York City

Gerard Thornton
A childhood watching boats in the Coney Island Channel led to the founding of a tugboat company

Alexander Vindman
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who emigrated from Ukraine to Brighton Beach as a child

Angbeen Saleem
A poet and roller coaster lover describes her weekly ritual of riding the Coney Island Cyclone

Josh Wolfe
Chairman of Coney Island Prep on growing up in Coney Island and the charter school's first 15 years