In 1975 Paul Sasso, an unpaid small business owner, is talked off the Verrazzano bridge and we hear the reasons he nearly ended his life. Phoebe Snow overcomes the adversities in her life with grace, but in the 1990s the rumour mill nearly destroys a woman’s life. Ricky Ray, one of three young brothers infected with AIDs after treatment, is engaged and talks of his plans to marry. Americans stand ready to overcome the stumbling blocks.