Home from Iraq: A family fights to recover
April 21st, 2010 | Published in Best work, Videos | 3 Comments
This series of video and photo stories began publishing in December 2006 and finished in May 2007. The San Antonio Express-News has removed the interactive components, but click any of the icons below to view the videos.
Chris Edwards is an Army staff sergeant who was burned over 80 percent of his body when a roadside bomb exploded under his patrol vehicle in Iraq in April 2005. I followed Chris, his wife Tammy and their son Riley for eight months for this three-part story on what it takes for a family to recover from the unthinkable.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:36 pm (#)
[...] photo ran as a refer to the second installment of the Home from Iraq: A family fights to recover series. Powered by Gregarious (42) Share [...]
June 9th, 2010 at 6:16 pm (#)
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January 30th, 2011 at 11:13 pm (#)
[...] This story here I think is a wonderful piece that shows the viewers an inside look into another person’s life. In short, it is about a soldier who had 80 percent of his body burned while in Iraq. The reporter followed him and his family around for eight months to make a three part story. If you click on the still images it will take you to a group of videos you can watch. [...]