lunes, 16 de abril de 2012

Premios Pulitzer 2012


Les paso la foto de Massoud Hossaini, de AFP, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer que se acaba de anunciar for his heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber’s attack at a crowded shrine in Kabul.

Pueden ver aquí el resto de los premios de este año. Abajo, una de las fotos del premio al mejor reportaje fotográfico: Bienvenido a casa. La historia del veterano de Irak Scott Ostrom.

In today's community of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, one in five suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Brian Scott Ostrom is one of them. After serving four years as a reconnaissance marine and deploying twice to Iraq, Scott, now 27, returned home to the U.S. with a severe case of PTSD. "The most important part of my life already happened. The most devastating. The chance to come home in a box. Nothing is ever going to compare to what I've done, so I'm struggling to be at peace with that," Scott said. He attributes his PTSD to his second deployment to Iraq, where he served seven months in Fallujah with the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. "It was the most brutal time of my life," he said. "I didn't realize it because I was living it. It was a part of me." Since his discharge, Scott has struggled with daily life, from finding and keeping employment to maintaining healthy relationships. But most of all, he's struggled to overcome his brutal and haunting memories of Iraq. Nearly five years later, Scott remains conflicted by the war. Though he is proud of his service and cares greatly for his fellow Marines, he still carries guilt for things he did and didn't do fighting a war he no longer believes in.

1 comentario:

Kevin dijo...

No creo que nos enteráramos de más del 5% de las cosas que suceden en el Mundo de no ser por esos profesionales que tienen las pelotas como balones de baloncesto.

Saludos.