HBO: Alive Day

[MizzouRah]

Anyone see this?

http://www.hbo.com/aliveday/thefilm/?

You can watch the whole think via the link above. Don't turn this into a politcal thread, just thought I'd pass it along in case anyone else is interested.

As a US Marine veteran, some of it was hard for me to watch.

[flere-imsaho]

Haven't seen it, and can't view it at work right now, but I went and read the bios on the website.

"Everybody makes a big deal about your alive day,' especially at Walter Reed," comments Sgt. Bryan Anderson. "And I can see their point, that you'd want to celebrate something like that. But from my point of view, it's like, 'OK, we're sitting here celebrating the worst day of my life. Great, let's just remind me of that every year'."

This quote really hit me. As a family member, you kind of want to know what went on so that you can be supportive and everything. But you know they don't really want to talk about it. When they're back, it's maybe the toughest part.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Haven't seen it, and can't view it at work right now, but I went and read the bios on the website.



This quote really hit me. As a family member, you kind of want to know what went on so that you can be supportive and everything. But you know they don't really want to talk about it. When they're back, it's maybe the toughest part.

Me too.