Chip Litherland for The New York Times
Eric Hall, an Iraq war veteran, disappeared last month after having a flashback.
Becky Hall’s son had experienced a flashback, fleeing a relative’s home after sensing that Iraqi insurgents had surrounded him. He was 24, a former Marine corporal from Indiana who had been medically discharged after a bomb ripped through his leg. Here, among the retirees and strip malls, he was a stranger.
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More Today on Eric
On Here and Now out of Boston.
SOLDIER'S STORY: Marine Corporal Eric Hall was badly wounded in Iraq and when he came home he said he felt like he didn't fit in anymore. He disappeared in Florida and died before he could be found. New York Times reporter Damien Cave tells Hall's story and joins us to talk about it.
You can listen with this link it's about halfway through the hour long show. They don't break down the differant segments.
They go abit deeper into the story, like about the recruiter, he couldn't search in the sand dune area's fearing he might flash back to his tour. As well as the 'Nam Vets and what they were going through.
One part discusses how Eric Indiana Friends seemed more interested in his Pain Killer Drugs than in Eric or Helping Him Out!
I'll bet none ever served nor wanted to!
We Exist in One Sick Society!!
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