On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Muniz remembers a night in the mountains of northern New Mexico when a long delay, an old station, and a clearing sky created a moment he didn’t expect. As he stood beside his father, he watched a small, steady light cross the darkness, and that quiet evening became the first time he understood how big the world above him really was.

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