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This article is being re-posted from 2013 in memory of Senator John McCain.
“Locked Up Abroad is the cult favorite that takes viewers inside accounts of capture, incarceration, and terror far away from home with intimate personal interviews and dramatic reenactments.
McCain and Brace with USA Today moderator
This season, we’ll hear more firsthand accounts not only from those who were locked up, but also from those who were directly part of the story.
The story is about Sen. John McCain’s harrowing story of imprisonment and the unlikely friendship that gave him strength to hang on, that person being Ernie Brace, American Hero. As the longest POW in Vietnam history, Ernie Brace likely endured more than any other POW during the war. Held for almost eight years, he faced capture, starvation, sickness, torture, solitude, and desperation. Sen. John McCain became lifelong friends with Brace during his own internment in Vietnam.” Production Notes.
McCain and Brace were the guests of honor at the series premiere screening at National Geographic where the two participated in a Q & A prior to the film.
An American Hero, Ernie Brace
Ernie Brace on McCain, courage and the current Korean crises:
The Q and A:
The Trailer:
