What happens when you’ve done one job for the entirety of your adult life—but then that job no longer exists? A story about the death of newspapers and how sometimes people have to change careers during the middle of their prime working years.

How do you thank the man who saved your life when you were just a kid? This is Second Line, which was published originally on the Human Parts magazine of Medium.com as “When the Friend Who Saved Your Life Dies Too Soon.”

After 20+ years, old friends come face-to-face with the moment when they lost their friendship.