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Josie Long hears stories of hope found amidst the darkness - tales of love letters, hope on the water and the man who has steered 28,000 people safely to shore across treacherous waters from the end of a phone line.
"I must admit I\'m deeply impressed by people who step out and do something and say something... whatever dreaming they would do it. A Mexican farm worker Jessie De La Cruz said, \'we have a saying in Spanish, when things look bleak, esperanzas mueren al ultimo. Hope dies last.\'" - Studs Terkel
The features in this programme are:
Dear John\\nProduced by Andrea Rangecroft
Bird in the Breath and Other Hopeful Cargo\\nProduced by Stephanie Rowden and Jennifer Metsker
Send Me Your Location\\nProduced by Andrea Rangecroft
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2017.
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