When Lighting the Voids (Rebroadcast)

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4.7 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, we present a special episode of Reveal produced by our partners at StoryWorks, a documentary theater company. “When Lighting The Voids” is an audio drama inspired by Reveal’s investigation into a deadly explosion at a Mississippi shipyard. This deconstructed mystery is based on real accounts, real events and real people.

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0:00.0	When I lift the blanket you're gonna grab his hand.
0:05.0	Okay, ready.
0:07.0	Too much swelling.
0:08.0	Wrap him up and get that berm blanket round his legs.
0:12.0	And what's the deal? Let's get out of here.
0:14.0	Hey buddy, we're gonna give you a little something for the ride.
0:17.0	Come on, Graham. Open up.
0:19.0	Hang on y'all.
0:24.0	This is when lighting the voids,
0:26.0	a special presentation of reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX.
0:31.0	I'm Al Etzen.
0:35.0	Today we bring you an audio drama that deconstructs the mystery around a deadly 2009 explosion at a Mississippi shipyard.
0:43.0	It's inspired by one of our investigations and produced by our partners at StoryWorks,
0:48.0	a documentary theater company.
0:50.0	This dramatization is based on real accounts, real events, and real people.
0:55.0	People like Clyde Payne, a tenacious OSHA director who investigates the tragedy.
1:00.0	Joey Petty, a shipyard painter who risked his life to save people trapped on board the burning ship,
1:06.0	and brandmates, a young shipyard worker who was caught in the explosion.
1:11.0	Our story opens in a hospital burn unit where Braham is lying in bed,
1:16.0	he's in a coma slipping in and out of a dream state.
1:19.0	It's the middle of the night and Braham's mother Liz is sitting in the room watching over him.
1:24.0	Braham's mother Liz is watching over him.
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