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Beverly Fabri and Irving Spry, from Chestertown, Maryland, reflect on their son's decision to enlist in the 82nd Airborne. Directly following high school graduation, Nick Spry travelled to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina for basic training and by January he was in Iraq. Nick was killed when a bridge collapsed under the weight of the Humvee he was driving. He was in Iraq just 39 days. This piece is part of a series documenting the Parents of American soldiers killed in Iraq. Thanks to photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein for the photos. Special thanks to the famiies who agreed to invite us into their homes to honor their children.
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Review of The Parents of PFC Nick SpryI love the splicing of the mother and father piecing together the story. I wonder how the piece would work with music? And what if you had explored more how she knew he was never coming back. What kind of feeling was that and what did she do to go about planning his funeral? I like stories that connect me to a character in an empathic manner and I think knowing more about these parents (what are their lives like, where do they live, what is their family like?) would be helpful. It's wonderful to have the opportunity to hear from that and I would love to know more. |
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Review of The Parents of PFC Nick SpryIt starts off sounding a little rough/amateurish, but that changes quickly, and the piece is very compelling. It brings the war--any war--down to a very personal level--in this case, of the parents. |
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Review of The Parents of PFC Nick Spry
This is a very sad acapella duet (though you can practically hear cello accompaniment) in memory of #538 on the list of American hearts stilled in our so-called preemptive war against Iraq. Nick was just eight months out of high school when he left these shores. The tears in his mother’s voice, the wrung-out calm in his father’s are powerful reminders of the torture so many family members undergo while waiting for their soldiers to come home. It is all the sadder to hear that both parents felt in their heart of hearts that Nick would not return. A fitting ME or ATC drop-in length.