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...hearts: the disappearance of a six-year old boy named Adam on July 27, 1981; the discovery of his severed head 16 days later in a Florida drainage ditch; the inability of the legal system to pin the crime on anyone. Two TV movies have been produced on the ordeal of Adam's parents, John Walsh and his wife Reve. But only recently did Walsh--the no-nonsense host of the Fox TV show America's Most Wanted--decide to write down his own story. From its searing prologue through its frank re-creation of the lives undone by Adam...
Battling for her memory is an ongoing struggle, but Mayer says the ordeal has taught her important life lessons...
There was nothing fun, however, about watching a man's career and reputation unravel before a nation's eyes, especially in the steadfast presence of his father, his children and his prospective wife. "From my point of view," said Albert, "I just felt that I had to end this ordeal for myself, my wonderful family, my fiance Heather, my friends and supporters...
...they fight to survive the loss of large portions of the skin's protective covering, which keeps body temperature normal and internal organs properly hydrated. Many of the survivors continue to suffer psychologically, not only from varying degrees of disfigurement but also from frightening and debilitating flashbacks of their ordeal...
...inspirational Austrian psychiatrist who survived Nazism's concentration camps to write Man's Search for Meaning; in Vienna. Frankl's father, mother, brother and first wife were all killed in the camps, a fate he narrowly escaped--in part, he believed, by finding meaning in helping others face the ordeal...