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When trauma takes its toll, a very private CBC reporter goes public with his pain

January 25th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

LostOnArrival_OnePager_UpdatedwithTrailer[2]pfr-banner-post-1For three decades, his radio and television reports have brought the country and the world into Canadian homes. But “Curt Petrovich, CBC News” has been silent for two years now, on medical leave while he struggles with debilitating PTSD

In Lost on Arrival: Me, the Mounties & PTSD CBC reporter Curt Petrovich tells the most difficult story of his life: his battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. From running marathons to experimental psychedelic drug treatments, Curt tries everything to get back to the present, back to himself. As a kind of work therapy, he returns to a story that haunts him still and so brings to light the remarkable tale of what happened to the four Mounties responsible for the 2007 taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski at YVR.

10-Petrovich-in-Tacloban-Philippines.-Haunted-by-the-devastationHaunted by the devastation: Kurt Petrovich in Tacloban, Philippines.
Supertyphoon Haiyan became the strongest storm on record to make landfall
when it crashed into the eastern Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013

Premiering Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 9 pm on CBC Firsthand, the documentary captures Curt’s courageous efforts to rebuild himself from the inside out. From running marathons to experimental psychedelic drug treatments, Curt tries anything to get back to the present, back to himself.

We speak with Helen Slinger, a partner in Bountiful Films and creator of Lost on Arrival: Me, the Mounties & PTSD.

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