An intimate portrait of two Vietnamese families whose children are severely disabled due to exposure to the dioxin in Agent Orange. Video by Ed Kashi, stills by Catherine Karnow.
Video: Healing a Wounded Heart
Since 1998, Marichia Simcik Arese’s Spiral Foundation has raised more than $1.6 million selling handmade items fashioned by disabled youth in Hue. The proceeds finance rehabilitation, job training and surgeries for Vietnamese suffering from congenital defects believed to be linked Agent Orange.
Vietnam Revisited
Reporter/anchor Thuy Vu returned to her homeland of Vietnam to take an in-depth look at the impact of Agent Orange. A CBS5 special report.