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Parents of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich desperate to remain positive
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0:40Now PlayingThe parents of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich said they are trying to remain optimistic that their son will be released, fearing that “pessimism will kill” their spirit — even as birthdays and holidays pass while he is behind bars.
Gershkovich’s mother, Ella Milman, said the family is committed to maintaining a positive attitude about his case.
“That’s the best way we can cope with it,” she told NBC News.
“No pessimism, pessimism will kill.”
From a young age, Gershkovich has been curious about his parents’ home country of Russia, which they fled during the height of the Cold War, his mother told the outlet.
“He wanted to know the story of why we came to the United States,” she said, noting that he was “always interested” in learning more about the former communist nation.
Gershkovich, now 32, grew up in New Jersey speaking Russian at home, and when he decided to move to Russia to work as a journalist, his parents were excited for him.
Then when they went to visit him in their former homeland six years ago, the Gershkovichs saw how at home he was in the country.
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