Holy shit: "Crying children" Vietnam war napalm picture girl reunites with photographer
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[QUOTE]It was a chilling photograph that came to symbolize the horrors of the Vietnam War and, ultimately, helped end it.It also saved the life of Kim Phuc, who was just 9-years-old when, on June 8, 1972, her village was attacked by south Vietnamese planes.
Ms. Phuc, who lives near Toronto with her family, honoured those who saved her at a dinner on Friday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic photograph. They include AP photographer Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut, who snapped the shot, as well as other journalists, doctors and nurses who helped her get help and who treated her injuries.
Mr. Ut, who was 21 at the time, heard Ms. Phuc’s screams as she ran down the road to escape her burning village, and snapped the photo that became famous around the world.
The Vietnamese photographer then drove the badly burned child to a small hospital, where he was told she was too far gone to help. He flashed his American press badge, demanded that doctors treat the girl and left assured that she would not be forgotten.
“I’m so grateful he was there,” Ms. Phuc said. “He helped me and rushed me to the nearest hospital. He saved my life. He’s my hero. This opportunity tonight I want to honour all of my personal heroes.”
Mr. Ut said he cried when he saw her running. He said if he didn’t help and she died he would have killed himself. He knew right way this picture was different and said veteran photo editor, Horst Faas, deemed it the most the iconic photo of the Vietnam war.
“It changed the war. I met so many American soldiers who said ‘Nicky because of your picture I’ll get to go home early,’” he said.
In the Pulitzer Prize-winning image, children run screaming from a burning Vietnamese village. The little girl in the centre of the frame, Ms. Phuc, is naked and crying, her clothes and layers of skin melted away by napalm.
A few of days after the image shocked the world, a number of British journalists including Christopher Wain, a correspondent for the British Independent Television Network who had given Ms. Phuc water from his canteen and drizzled it down her burning back at the scene, fought to have her transferred to the American-run hospital. It was the only facility in Saigon equipped to deal with her severe injuries.
“When we found in her in the British hospital it was in very un-sterile conditions,” Mr. Wain said Friday. “I asked one of the nurses how she was and the nurse looked at her and said, ‘Oh, she’ll die maybe tomorrow or maybe next day.’ It was obvious it was very urgent.”
Martha Arsenault, a nurse who cared for her at the American hospital, said when Ms. Phuc got to the American hospital nobody thought she’d make it.
“Everybody, the doctors, they all thought she wouldn’t because she was just so burnt,” she said.
Ms. Arsenault said the photo reminds her of how just awful war is.
Mr. Wain said he still feels slightly concerned for Ms. Phuc because she has had to relive the traumatic experience all her life. He said the picture is one of the most iconic war photos of all time.
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Touching story. I always wondered about the people behind this photo.
God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain
-snip sorry-
I wish my last name was phuc
Those EYEBROWS.
[QUOTE=Shugo;36264773]Those EYEBROWS.[/QUOTE]
It's a fashion thing, in Vietnam it's popular to wear caterpillars now.
[QUOTE=Shugo;36264773]Those EYEBROWS.[/QUOTE]
And the hair... I can't stop staring...
I've always thought Kim Phuc was a man.
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
How did you [I]not[/I] know what picture it was referring to?
I wonder how her last name "Phuc" is pronounced.
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;36264900]I wonder how her last name "Phuc" is pronounced.[/QUOTE]
definitely fook
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
That is an historic fucking photograph, the implication that you have not seen it is an implication that you know jack shit about history, and if a parent or sibling gets on to you for having it on the screen then God help them, they're equally sheltered.
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
The fuck were you expecting with the word 'Vietnam War' and 'Napalm' in the same god damn sentence?
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/crQLd.jpg[/img]
There, now you can see her arm too
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
This is the reality of war. What did you expect?
[QUOTE=GameDev;36265394]The fuck were you expecting with the word 'Vietnam War' and 'Napalm' in the same god damn sentence?[/QUOTE]
Let's not forget "crying children"
I don't think there's even anything left in the photo that could be explained.
Crying napalm-covered children in the Vietnam war.
The whole thing is in the title.
i've always found that photo incredibly touching. it shows the civilian cost of war in undeniable clarity.
Looks like child porn to me
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=BROSEPH;36265502]Looks like child porn to me[/QUOTE]
tbh the context, seriousness and history of one the most iconic, raw, terror-induced photographs of the 20th century must surely outweigh any potential prudish outlook at least a trillion to one. Either you're incredibly sheltered, incredibly prude, a closet paedophile or just kidding (hopefully the latter)
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
oh no a naked child i'm going to die
[QUOTE=BROSEPH;36265502]Looks like child porn to me[/QUOTE]
Obviously it wasn't meant to be pornographic, chucklenut.
The entire world has seen her naked.
[QUOTE=BROSEPH;36265502]Looks like child porn to me[/QUOTE]
It's not CP because by law it's legal, a child who is naked and performing or posing in an erotic or sexual way is classified by law as illegal pornography.
This however isn't, and the photograph literally hides her sexual genitalia except for her undeveloped breast.
[QUOTE=superstepa;36264754]God damn it you could have at least mentioned what does the photo itself contain[/QUOTE]
it's one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century brother
Only now I noticed there was a naked girl running on that picture.
Kind of disturbing because of the setting.
Seriously, complaining about a iconic photo because there is an underage girl naked in it running? You can find worse stuff(pedo-shit wise) with google images by searching up nudism.
[QUOTE=dass;36266309]Only now I noticed there was a naked girl running on that picture.
Kind of disturbing because of the setting.[/QUOTE]
Kind of disturbing because she was wearing clothes before the napalm hit.
[QUOTE=BROSEPH;36265502]Looks like child porn to me[/QUOTE]
you realize humans have been walking butt naked and fucking in the woods for hundreds of thousands of years?
I don't think she gave a fuck either, given she was being burned and seeing her village being torn to shreds.
[QUOTE=Charybdis;36265576]tbh the context, seriousness and history of one the most iconic, raw, terror-induced photographs of the 20th century must surely outweigh any potential prudish outlook at least a trillion to one. Either you're incredibly sheltered, incredibly prude, a closet paedophile or just kidding (hopefully the latter)[/QUOTE]
Neither of those unfortunately
For some reason I never heard of this photo before (Wasn't in school program and I never was really interested in that part of history) and I was thinking that this is one of the random photos no one ever saw, so I tried to make a joke about it
I apologize for being an idiot and will try to correct my mistake in near future
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