Thursday, September 03, 2015

Photographer who found Syrian toddler dead on Turkish beach: ‘I was petrified’ - The Washington Post

Photographer who found Syrian toddler dead on Turkish beach: ‘I was petrified’

By Andrew Katz September 3 at 3:39 PM

Aylan Kurdi was already dead when the shutter clicked.

The 3-year-old began his Wednesday dressed in a red shirt, blue shorts and shoes, set for his family's short but dangerous sea journey from Turkey to Greece. He was with his father, mother and brother, 5-year-old Galip. His day ended with him face-down in the sand — and a picture of his lifeless body turning into the latest symbol of Syria's war and Europe's struggle to handle a spiraling refugee crisis.

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