Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04

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Subject: [Leica] James Nachtwey
From: feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Mon Oct 4 10:43:53 2004
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On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 07:31, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> I had read that he was seriously injured in Iraq. There was probably
> some speculation that he had cheated death enough times to consider a
> new line of work. 
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA

Nachtwey was injured, but I do not believe it was serious. An insurgent
threw a hand grenade in their Humwee. A Times reporter, who was with
him, picked it up and tossed it out the window, losing his hand in the
process.

FEli
Replies: Reply from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] James Nachtwey)
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