To the rest of the world, Evan Gershkovich is a 31-year-old U.S. citizen and WSJ reporter being held in Russia. But to those who know him best, he's just a 'normal American guy' who was committed to covering Russia, a country he loved reporting from.
Sauer, Patterson and Foster are among a network of friends, stateside and abroad, who have sprung into action to demand Gershkovich's release.Gershkovich grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with one older sister, Danielle, whom he adores. The siblings spoke Russian at home and watched Soviet-era cartoons with their parents, Ella and Mikhail, who emigrated from the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, during a time of mass exodus for Russia's Jewish population.
Friends stateside said they weren't surprised when he landed a job with The Moscow Times in 2016, just disappointed they wouldn't see him around. Sofiya Voznaya, a Kazakhstan-born artist, recalled her awe when she first met Gershkovich in Moscow two years ago, having already read his reporting on how Russia handled COVID.
"After not playing a minute all year, he walked on and scored the decisive penalty kick to have them win a conference tournament -- so he's got a few 'I Am Legend' miracle moments in his career," said Foster, who grew up with Gershkovich's dad coaching their soccer team. Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, detained on suspicion of espionage, leaves a court building in Moscow, Russia, March 30, 2023.That's why Sauer was concerned when he didn't hear back from Gershkovich last week and began to fear for the worst once Gershkovich's father called him to ask if he knew the whereabouts of his son.
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