Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper, identical twins, are co-directors of the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Their path to heading the ER started when they were 12, during a hospital visit experience that motivated them to achieve something greater. @SteveHartmanCBS talks with the Jasper twins about turning trauma into triumph, and helplessness into healing.

The Kindness Mob is battling online bullies one nice comment at a time – showering people with compliments after their posts were filled with hurtful comments. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road.

Two people are turning one of Philadelphia's most overlooked birds into a surprisingly popular tourist attraction, offering a big lesson in perspective. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road.

Christine Quaiff has captured dozens of lost dogs for grateful owners around Richmond, Virginia. Her most recent case was a desperate search for two Goldendoodles, Bailee and Tobey, who escaped from Annie Olup's car after she was in a near-fatal accident. @SteveHartmanCBS reports on how one tenacious searcher helped enable a tearful reunion.

After a devastating car crash left her two beloved dogs missing, one woman feared she’d lost another piece of her family. Then, a stranger stepped in to help. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Virginia with a woman who is dedicating her time to rescuing lost dogs and reuniting them with their owners.

An unlikely healer outside the Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo has inspired, uplifted and encouraged patients in his role. One breast cancer survivor found a special way to thank him — a day at a @BuffaloBills game he won’t forget. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in New York.

.@SteveHartmanCBS and Andrea Hartman's son George is now on the road to start college – the culmination of an 18-year-journey that, they recognize, has gone so fast. They talk about this rite of passage for parents, and of adjusting to life in an emptier nest. cbsn.ws/4yXYdPI

These twin brothers who grew up in poverty are now the co-directors of the emergency department at their hometown hospital. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Virginia with how a promise they made more than 40 years ago helped shape the doctors they became.

For @SteveHartmanCBS and his wife Andrea, the house is going to be a little quieter. As their son George heads off to college, the family looks back on the years that flew by and the little moments they’ll miss now that they’re all no longer under the same roof.

In 2016, at the age of 93, WWlI veteran Ernie Andrus inspired the nation by running nearly 3,000 miles coast-to-coast. The reason? To raise awareness for an unsung hero of the war — a ship he served on called an LST. Ernie died earlier this month at 103.

In Austin, Texas, recent Indiana University graduate Jasper Steinmetz approached a man sporting something familiar: an IU backpack. The man turned out to be Sampson James, a former Indiana University football star who had fallen on hard times, following a knee injury and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. @SteveHartmanCBS reports on what happened when the connection made by these two Hoosiers fostered a fresh start. cbsn.ws/4ilObmG

The Flight 93 National Memorial honors the 40 passengers and crew members who died on 9/11 25 years ago. @SteveHartmanCBS, who covered the story that day, is On the Road in Pennsylvania, revisiting how the passengers fought back and prevented the plane from reaching its intended target.

Leah Farrow’s son, Soren, who is autistic, has a passion for ringing doorbells. She hoped to plan something special for his 11th birthday, but it would require some buy in from her neighbors in Huntsville, Alabama. Their response blew her away. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road.

A former Indiana football star had fallen on hard times, then a chance encounter with a fellow Hoosier gave him a fresh start. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road.

Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel was one of two students killed when a gunman fired randomly into the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis last August. @SteveHartmanCBS (who documented the bedrooms of young shooting victims in the Oscar-winning short documentary "All the Empty Rooms") talked with Fletcher's parents, Jesse and Mollie, about their son, and the sacred space he left behind. cbsn.ws/4wQmdD7

8-year-old Fletcher Merkel was one of two students killed in the Annunciation school shooting last year. His parents, Jesse and Mollie, invited @SteveHartmanCBS and photographer Lou Bopp into his bedroom to document what's left in the wake of tragedy.

For incoming freshmen at Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it's hard to imagine a more mortifying tradition on first-day dropoff: All the seniors surround their cars and don't let them out until they do one specific thing – give their mothers a goodbye kiss. @SteveHartmanCBS reports on how a tradition of senior pranks turned into a show of thanks, and an emotional milestone for kids and their parents.

This first-day-of-school tradition leaves freshmen embarrassed, parents slightly emotional and hundreds of seniors cheering. @SteveHartmanCBS is On the Road in Oklahoma.

The Atlanta Hawks brought out bird-calling legend Samuel Henderson from Oklahoma to announce their schedule. The 12-year-old was featured on @stevehartmancbs’s On the Road.

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