StoryCorps Shorts: The View From Here

Barb Abelhauser worked in an office for 14 years until one day she become a bridgetender.

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StoryCorps Shorts: The View From Here POV

Premiered September 07, 2020

Barb Abelhauser worked in an office for 14 years until one day she quit and decided to become a bridgetender on the Ortega River Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida. She planned to work there for a year. Eight years later she came to StoryCorps to talk about why she stayed.

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