Fifty years ago a young photojournalist covering the war in his native Vietnam, took a photograph and saved the life of a young girl badly burned by a napalm attack.
After taking the photo, Nick Ut took Kim Phuc to a hospital, saving her lifeThe photo won a Pulitzer Prize and the events that day inspired a friendship that has endured for half a century.Her name is Kim Phuc, and the instant the Associated Press photographer captured her image 50 years ago — on June 8, 1972 — she became more than a victim of a napalm strike on a Vietnamese hamlet.
Mr Ut was inspired to become a photojournalist by his brother, who worked at the AP before him, and was killed covering a battle.She was just nine years old when her village was attacked by South Vietnamese planes, dropping napalm on troops and civilians.After taking the photos of her and others, he loaded Mrs Phuc into his vehicle and took her to a hospital.Nine-year-old Kim Phuc ripped off her burning clothes, fleeing from napalm.
He drove her to a small hospital, flashing his American press badge and demanding that doctors treat her.
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