But Bryan was being threatened. His father had reported that right after their last phone conversation, and the university sent someone to Bryan's dorm room to talk with him. But Steven Nisenfeld says that wasn't enough, and that Bryan's safety should have come before his rights as an adult. Military command never explicitly warned Marc about the potential dangers of where he was conducting field tests and his mother says Marc was too young to be assigned to such a high-risk area. Youth is curious.
Caution comes with maturity.
It is the natural way of things. Independence can invite consequences. Months after his son's disappearance, a boot with a human foot in it washed up on the shore near Roger Williams University. The remains were Bryan's. Three years later, no one knows what happened to him.