Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 3
Series: A Grain of Sand
From: Charles McGuigan
Length: 00:27:47
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Jay Ipson, after surviving what he and his family had endured, grew into a driven young man. He had to be better at what he did than anyone else. He became a community leader and respected businessman. He taught himself photography, became a piltot. But he was always haunted by his past. He talks about education and how he came to create the Holocaust Museum of Virginia.
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excelllent!Thank you for this show. I was riveted and moved by all three parts. You provided the perfect vehicle to carry Mr. Ipson's incredible story and words. Bravo! |
Transcript
NARRATIVE 1
2:30
Trains rattle past with regularity. A whistle burst, the rhythmic clanking of box cars rolling down the tracks to deepwater ports. They run parallel to the Kanawha Canal, which in turn runs alongside the James River. The trains whiz past on an elevated rail at eyelevel with the high ground where the old tobacco warehouses stand. Many of them have been converted into loft apartments and chic condominia. But the one I find myself in front of is still stark. A three story brick building occupying a full city block. It sports massive arched windows sealed behind an armor of green shutters. They’re permanently closed. On the southeast corner of the building there’s a slab of grey granite mortared among the bricks that bears the legend—The American Tobacco Company, 1899, CLIMAX. Here’s where American industry packaged slow death in the form of lung cancer, emphysema,...
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Angelo Diamantidis
Posted on May 08, 2010 at 12:26 AM | Permalink
Outstanding!!!
This is a tremendously moving radio piece. What a good reminder of the evil that always lurks in the hearts and minds of human beings. And yet what an inspiring and reassuring reminder that there are people that care, and that love, and that are willing to put their very lives on the line for the cause of justice. Phenomenal piece - thank you so much!