Soldier's struggle with PTSD inspired new song

EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Song of a Soldier
WWAY TV
Submitted by Daniel Seamans
12/03/2014

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can affect anyone. In the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs reports upwards of 20% of Veterans suffer from it. A local band wrote a song about a soldier who lives that life.

In part two of a special Extraordinary Person of the Week, the Song of a Soldier and how that music is helping those in need.

"He used to be so confident, now, he's grown weak from the pain," David Fair sings.

The song was born the day musician David Fair met now retired Lieutenant Colonel Cody Roberson while on touring with a former band in Texas.

David and his bandmate, Madonna Nash, singing duet: "As he walks into the local bar, drowned his pain and broken heart, until he can't find his way back home."

"Cody's story inspired me and we wrote it," Fair told Daniel Seamans.

Cody's story is one of a decorated soldier who battles life after many years of service in the military. One who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.

Nash and Fair's new song, 'Welcome home', is a tale of a troubled journey so emotional that the song itself had challenges.
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