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Outlook: The boy, the wish and the nuclear weapons

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The boy, the wish and the nuclear weapons

07/09/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Outlook, The boy, the wish and the nuclear weapons

Why a terminally ill teenager went to the Soviet Union to broker a nuclear peace deal

When American teenager, Jeff Henigson was told he had two years left to live he decided to travel to the Soviet Union to try and broker a nuclear peace deal

In 1986 American teenager, Jeff Henigson was diagnosed with brain cancer and given two years left to live. He had just one wish: to travel to the Soviet Union, meet the country's leader Mikhail Gorbachev and attempt to broker a nuclear peace deal.

Jeff has written a book about his experience called WarHead.

Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder

Picture: Teenager Jeff Henigson in bed after undergoing brain surgery 
Credit: Jeff Henigson

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