Scenes from an Iraki Childhood - Akeel Faisal Ghazi
Akeel Faisal Ghazi was two years old. He was one of the people killed in the al-Hurriyah market bombing yesterday. The man holding his body in his arms is his father.
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20/06/2008 at 5:50 pm Permalink
Look at how the father cherishes his dead son. Look at what he has lost. The ultimate loss. This photograph cut me up to pieces. Never have I experienced photography with the sort of emotional impact that made me sob my heart out as this one did. This moment will go down in history.