By Kevin McCauley
Photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed April 20 in Misurata, Libya after their position came under bombardment from forces loyal to Col. Gadaffi.
Hetherington, Hondros
Photos: Outpost Films, Getty |
Hetherington died on the scene of the attack, while Hondros was taken by rebels to a hospital, where he died hours later from a brain trauma.
Two other photographers were seriously wounded.
Hetherington, who was born in the U.K., was on assignment for Vanity Fair. He is remembered as co-director of "Restrepo," a documentary about U.S. soldiers based on an outpost that was under siege in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, which is billed as "the deadliest place on Earth."
Restrepo was co-directed by Sebastian Junger, writer of "The Perfect Storm." It was nominated for an Academy Award and named the best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Hondros was working for Getty Images. Getty released photos of house-to-house fighting taken by Hondros on Tuesday. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal featured a photo by Hondros in their April 21 editions.
In a statement, Getty said: "Chris never shied away from the front line having covered the world's major conflicts throughout his distinguished career and his work in Libya was no exception."
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that four journalists have been killed in the Libyan revolt.
The Government of Libya expressed "sadness" over the deaths. Spokesperson Moussa Ibrahim noted: "People die from our side, from their side, people get caught in the middle," according to a report from the BBC. |