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Summary: We're telling the stories of South Florida. Under the Sun tells the extraordinary stories of everyday people in South Florida, bringing you the perspectives, passions, accents, and sounds of this colorful and complex part of the country. This radio special airs on WLRN in South Florida and WKWM in the Keys. Under the Sun is a co-production of WLRN and ZG Public Media.

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 Remembering Andrew: Listen to the one-hour documentary | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 58:30

The culmination of our summer-long, "Remembering Andrew" project is a one-hour documentary special. Listen here.

 Remembering Andrew: Days of No Ice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:45

After Hurricane Andrew, ice became a precious commodity and a flashpoint of conflict.

 Describe Andrew | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:01

Throughout the course of reporting the Remembering Andrew series we've been asking a few of the same questions about Hurricane Andrew to virtually everybody we interview. But there's one question in particular, that seems to trip people up...

 In Case of Emergency | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:45

You may think you know how you'd react during an emergency. Andrea Askowitz did. Then came Hurricane Andrew.

 The Jock | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:19

Joe Johnson, a DJ at Majic 102.7, digs up an audio snapshot he produced right after Hurricane Andrew, set to "Riders on the Storm."

 The Old Cul-de-Sac | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:38

Many people have told us that one of their strongest memories from after the storm is how neighbors--who might have usually just walked from their car to their door without saying hello--banded together. In one Cutler Bay neighborhood, people were already friendly and helpful, but after the storm, the neighbors became a kind of surrogate family.

 Kindness Awards | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:58

One of the themes that's emerged as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, is how the storm inspired a lot of good intentions, as well as just pure kindness. However, councilwoman Judy Waldman felt that kindness started to fade after time. Waldman decided to create a program to not only thank the people who helped during Andrew-- but anytime. It would be called the “Kindness Awards.”

 One tough little girl | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:41

On top of everything else after Hurricane Andrew, Susan Holtzman was about to have a baby. While helping take care of patients at Baptist Hospital, she realized it was her own due date and she hadn't felt her baby kick. Listen to the story here.

 Lost and Found | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:00

A new plane, the White Album by the Beatles, a keepsake from a son's birth--listeners tell the stories of what they lost in Hurricane Andrew.

 The Flamingo Photo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:21

One of the most iconic images of Hurricane Andrew is a photograph of flamingos, huddling on their toothpick legs in a tiled bathroom. It may have not been technically correct or perfectly posed, but the photo captured a South Florida tropical paradise turned upside down. Ron Magill, communications director of Zoo Miami, tells the story of the photograph he took.

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