It Only Takes 45 Seconds Of His Story To See Why Hollywood Ate It Right Up

Louis Zamperini has been through enough in his life to make 10 movies out of — he was bullied as a kid, was in the Air Force and got stranded at sea for 47 days, was captured and imprisoned in a POW camp, and struggled with PTSD (before anyone knew what it was) and alcoholism.…

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Oct 24, 2014

Louis went through some really hard things and came out “Unbroken.” But we all go through things and come out better for it. Check out the call to action at the end of this video, and maybe your story can help others the way Louis’ has.

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