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Vietnam’s ‘Napalm Girl,’ 50 years later: ‘Everyone can live with love, with hope, and forgiveness’
Kim Phuc was nine years old when her image was captured in one of the most iconic photos of the Vietnam War.
When Kim Phuc first saw the now famous photo of herself — a little girl in Vietnam running in agony after she was burned by napalm — she said she was embarrassed.
She was naked, as the napalm had burned her clothes.
“Oh, I don’t want to see that. I didn’t like it,” she recalled in a recent interview.
Decades later, after she was granted asylum in Canada and gave birth to her son, she began to see the so-called “Napalm Girl” picture taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut in a different light.
She realized the photo can provide hope to many others.
I have censured the picture of Kim Phuk
Because the little girl in the picture survived.
It’s that message of hope that Phuc wants to continue sharing with the world as the photo marks its 50th anniversary on June 8.
The anniversary comes as conflicts continue to rage around the world, including in Ukraine.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...live-with-love-with-hope-and-forgiveness.html
Kim Phuc was nine years old when her image was captured in one of the most iconic photos of the Vietnam War.
When Kim Phuc first saw the now famous photo of herself — a little girl in Vietnam running in agony after she was burned by napalm — she said she was embarrassed.
She was naked, as the napalm had burned her clothes.
“Oh, I don’t want to see that. I didn’t like it,” she recalled in a recent interview.
Decades later, after she was granted asylum in Canada and gave birth to her son, she began to see the so-called “Napalm Girl” picture taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut in a different light.
She realized the photo can provide hope to many others.
I have censured the picture of Kim Phuk
Because the little girl in the picture survived.
It’s that message of hope that Phuc wants to continue sharing with the world as the photo marks its 50th anniversary on June 8.
The anniversary comes as conflicts continue to rage around the world, including in Ukraine.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...live-with-love-with-hope-and-forgiveness.html
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