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World Service,04 Jan 2017,26 mins

SeriesOpen Ear

Promise

The Documentary

Available for over a year

The story of Trey Thompson, an ordinary man confronting a terrifying choice. Trey and his wife Sandy live in Jax Beach, Florida where they appear to have everything to live for. Yet Trey’s life is thrown upside down by an unpredictable blow of fate. Presenter Jonathan Hirsch asks how do we plan for the future when the future is not what we planned? Executive Producer: Jonathan Hirsch Associate Producer: Norah Linde Thanks to Jenny Plass for bringing the story to Arrvls Arrvls is a founding member of The Heard audio collective (Illustration of a pregnant woman by artist Steph Tan)

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