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    Open Adoption, Tin Foil Dinosaurs, and the Imam

    A 16-year old girl discovers she is pregnant, a waiter fields a strange request at a chain restaurant, a six-year old breaks the teacher’s rules, and an Imam becomes a chaplain in the New York City Police Department.

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    Dec 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    Sixteen-year-old Carly Johnstone decides that an open adoption is the best choice for her baby. Waiter Sam S. Mullins is challenged to make a tinfoil dinosaur at a Macaroni Grill. A six-year old Steve Zimmer tries to make up for forgotten homework in first grade. And Imam Khalid Latiff (pictured) details his experiences as a student at New York University on September 11. Hosted by the Moth’s Senior Producer, Jenifer Hixson.

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