In a recent article reported by CNN, it was stated that a famous journalist named Marie Colvin died in Syria in bomb and rocket firings. Colvin was a New York native but worked for London's Sunday Times. She had been stationed in Syria for the past year and had been reporting on the horrors there because of attacks claiming to be to find terrorists hidden in the country. Colvin had reported on the death of a young boy just the day before being killed. The boy had been hit by a piece of flying shrapnel from a bomb in his chest.
Marie's mother, along with others, believes that she was targeted because of her last story, as well as for being known to report stories that were against the Syrian government. She had walked into a makeshift press center, taking off her shoes as was the custom. When she heard the bombings, she quickly tried to retrieve her shoes and leave the building, but a rocket landed a few yards away from her. Many brave reporters like Colvin have suffered similar fates. We must acknowledge their courage and relentlessness, because they risk their lives for something they believe in. Marie's family has created a fund in her name that will aid charities that she would have supported.
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