Witness to history
This marks the 20th anniversary of the Chinese government crackdown of student protesters in Tiananmen Square. In the past few days, I have been inundated with interview requests about my coverage there in 1989 and about a famous photograph I made. It is a picture of a young man halting the advance of a column of tanks near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Many call it iconic, but honestly, I call it a miracle because the picture was almost lost due to a miscalculated film speed setting. To make matters worse, I had received a massive concussion from a rock a protester threw that hit my head. The Nikon titanium camera had absorbed the shock — and saved my life. I also had the flu.
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