Re: Restrepo
By C.J. CHIVERS
(New York Times) -- BENGHAZI, Libya — Tim Hetherington, the
Oscar-nominated film director and conflict photographer who
produced the film “Restrepo,” was killed in the besieged city of
Misurata on Wednesday, and three photographers working beside him
were wounded.
The wounds to two of the photographers — Chris Hondros and
Guy Martin — were grave, according to a colleague at the triage
center where they were being treated Wednesday night. Their
prospects for survival were not immediately clear.
Mr. Hondros, an American working for the Getty photo agency,
suffered a severe brain injury and was in extremely critical
condition, according to a colleague who was with at the triage
center. He had been revived and was clinging to life in the
evening, the colleague said.
Mr. Martin, a British citizen working for the Panos photo
agency, had shrapnel wounds and was undergoing vascular surgery
Wednesday night, according to the same account. He was in surgery
Wednesday night.
The fourth photographer, Michael Christopher Brown, suffered
shrapnel injuries but his life was not in danger.
Misurata, Libya’s third largest city, has been cut off by
land from the rest of Libya by military forces loyal to Col.
Muammar el-Qaddafi. It has been the scene of intensive,
close-quarters fighting for weeks. Hundreds of Libyans have been
confirmed killed.
The photographers had reached the city’s port on a sea
voyage from Benghazi, the rebel capital. The early reports said
they had been working together near the front lines when they
were struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
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