The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for March 30-April 5:
“In Russia, the police would probably be the first ones to rob us.”
— Yaroslav Yatsky, who brought his wife and child to Chattanooga for his wife’s naturalization ceremony, on the difference between police officers in America and Russia, where his wife is from. Chattanooga police Sgt. Brian Moseley helped the family get to their hotel after their car broke down and gave 4-year-old Anna a teddy bear from the trunk of his car.
“It gave me a joy to know that Kevin had given this man life and that Kevin was still accomplishing things through this wonderful man.”
— Tiki Finlayson, whose son Kevin died three years ago in a car crash involving a drunken driver, on the decision to donate his organs. Kevin’s heart went to a Memphis man who stays in touch with Finlayson to this day.