He directed the 2010 Academy Award nominated documentary ‘Restrepo’ while following a United States Army Platoon’s deployment in northeastern Afghanistan.

His last tweet was “In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.”

He was killed in the Misurata, Libya on Wednesday, and three photographers working beside him were wounded.

THIS IS JOURNALISM. My heart goes out to him, his family and his colleagues.

bbook (Mourning the Loss of Tim Hetherington)

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