An angry juvenile delinquent. An Olympic long distance runner who doesn't get to run. An Air Force bombardier who gets shot down. A prisoner of war. All of these people might have somebody else to blame for the difficulties in their lives, but Louis Zamperini, who was all of these people at one point in his life, never blamed anybody else for his difficulties. Zamperini, who is depicted in this Christmas' Angelina Jolie-directed film "Unbroken," spoke with Boyd three years ago in an interview that previously ran on National Geographic Weekend. He told Boyd that meditation and memorization kept him sharp during his 47 days at sea in a life raft, but hate consumed him during and after his time in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Zamperini explained that his wife helped him turn his life around following World War II. Zamperini died in July 2014 at the age of 97, after decades spent as a motivational speaker, a skier, and an octogenarian skateboarder.
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