Living and Loving
Kelvin Carter shot an image of what appeared to be a little girl, fallen to the ground from hunger, while a vulture lurked on the ground nearby waiting for her to die. He told Silva he was shocked by the situation he had just photographed and had chased the vulture away. A few minutes later, Carter and Silva boarded a small UN plane and left for Kongor were the UN camp was sited.
Sold to The New York Times the photograph first appeared on 26 March 1993 and syndicated worldwide. Hundreds of people contacted the newspaper to ask the fate of the girl. The paper said that according to Carter, "she recovered enough to resume her trek after the vulture was chased away" but that it was unknown whether she reached the UN food center. In April 1994, the photograph won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994.
In 2011, the child's father revealed the child was actually a boy, Kong Nyong, and had been taken care of by the UN food aid station. Nyong had died four years prior to fever, according to his family.
This award-winning 1967 photo, shows two electrical operators, Champion Randall and JD Thompson, on top of an electricity pole. They had been performing routine maintenance when Champion brushed one of the low voltage lines at the top of the power pole. More than 4,000 volts entered Champion's body and his heart was instantly stopped (an electric chair uses about 2,000 volts). His safety harness prevented a fall, and Thompson, who had been ascending below him, quickly reached him and took a mouth-to-mouth breath. He was not able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, given the circumstances, but continued mouth-to-mouth breathing, keeping Champion's lungs active until he felt a slight pulse, then unfastened the harness and descended with it on his shoulder.
Thompson and other workers performed CPR on the floor at Champion, whose breathing and heart rate was gradually restored. Then the paramedics arrived and Champion's recovery was complete. His partner had saved his life with what the picture looks like a kiss.
Champion survived and lived until 2002 when he died of heart failure at the age of 64. Thompson is still living at 88. The photograph was published in newspapers around the world and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. There are friends who are not friends, and there are friends who are more than brothers.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Love means laying down your yourself for somebody, really and sincerely willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else. Carter had the option of picking up the child and giving him hope for life, but rather he chased the vulture and left him to his naked faith. But Thompson stood still like a brother and saved a soul.
Always dare to reach out, give what you have and not what you want