Anderson Cooper is the ****ing man.

[Dante84]

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/1...-chaos/?hpt=T2

Ya gotta see these pics.

We were covering another story when we heard shots being fired. We ran toward the sound and found a store being looted. Two Haitian police officers were occasionally firing into the air to try to keep order, but that only worked for a few moments, then the looting would begin again.

They were stealing boxes of candles. An American businessman named Tony who owns two stores nearby barricaded one street to keep looters away. He had armed the two Haitian police with automatic weapons, and they were assisting him, but they were not able to control anything beyond their barricade.

It quickly became a free-for-all. Young men began fighting one another for the stolen items. A number of young men had knives, and planks of wood, screwdrivers and rocks. They were using their improvised weapons to threaten and injure others who had stolen items from the store. The robbers were now being robbed. One group of looters whipped another man with a leather belt. They punched him as well, and they stole the sack of goods he'd just stolen.

I was in the midst of the melee with Charlie Moore, my producer, Neil Hallsworth my cameraman, Vlad Duthiers, my translator, and there was a still photographer from Getty Images with us, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik. As things got really out of control, I saw a looter on the roof of the store they'd broken into throw what I think was part of a concrete block into the crowd. It hit a small boy in the head.

I saw him collapse. More chunks of concrete were being thrown at the looters on the roof. The injured boy couldn't get up. He'd try and then collapse again. Blood was pouring from his head. He was conscious but had no control over his body. I was afraid someone on the roof would see him lying there and throw another cinder block piece onto him. I was afraid he'd get killed. No one seemed to be helping him.

I ran to where he was struggling, and picked him up off the ground. I brought him to a spot about a hundred feet away. I could feel his warm blood on my arms. I stood him up, but he was clearly unable to walk. He wiped his bloody face, and I tried to reassure him. He had no idea where he was, and he clearly couldn't walk, so I picked him up again and handed him over to someone behind that makeshift barricade. Tony, the American businessman, gave the boy a wet towel. He was then taken away by someone else. We don't know what happened to him.

I hope he's ok.

[memyselfI]

Anderson Cooper is the old time journalist meeting newfangled journalist. He'll become part of the story if it helps him tell the story. He doesn't want to be the story.

Like Geraldo used to be...

before the vault.

[MahiMike]

The Peter Principle. Survival is the 1st instinct. Those folks are getting pretty hungry. I get mean after 3 hours without food.

[CoMoChief]

Haiti just got hit with an aftershock quake.

6.1 magnitude........just wow. That place is getting destroyed.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Cooper may be the the ****ing man, but Tony is a ****ing moron for risking his life for whatever he has in that store. I'd cut my losses and get the hell out of there.

This. Touristy knick-knacks can't be worth risking your life.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by kcwild

Anderson's actions were awesome, but Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been a rock star. The story about how those doctors and nurses left the "hospital" due to security concerns and he stayed and watched after those 25 people all night by himself. Kids need role models, that's one right there.

Sanjay is a saint. First off for saying no to Obama and actually staying in a position where he can actually work for change and help people.

[Dave Lane]

That has to be color enhanced blood. I've never seen any blood that color before.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

That has to be color enhanced blood. I've never seen any blood that color before.

Not even when the crown of thorns was placed upon obama's head?

[Delano]

Originally Posted by Dante84

No shit. That's why I asked what his intentions were. And then I was called anti-semitic.

A truly baffling series of posts.

What's the matter Dante84, no Shiatsu this morning?
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[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Dammit.

I just smelled my finger and it ain't good!

[El Jefe]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

My dad worked over in that country many years ago. He told me stories that you'd see dead bodies laying along side the roads out in the country side. That place needs to be nuked. Those people are not civil.

Dude that is ridiculous.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by kcchiefsfanGoJC

Dude that is ridiculous.

No doubt. An expenditure of our aging DaisyCutter arsenal would not only be more than enough to do the job but would also free up much needed space for new ordinance.
Besides, why pollute a place that you may want to occupy?

[Pablo]

Dante, do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

[Mastashake]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

That has to be color enhanced blood. I've never seen any blood that color before.

Arterial blood is oxygen rich, and therefore much brighter than blood found in veins. Since veins and capilaries are closer to the surface than our arteries, most of the time our blood is much darker when we cut ourselves. However, in the event of severe trauma, such as in the photo, there can me more than enough force to cause damage to a minor artery.

Though I'm not sure if you were saying its fake blood, or the photo has been altered. I can almost wholeheartedly assure you the photo's saturation has been increased; almost every single picture shown in a magazine is now over-saturated.

Originally Posted by PostRockPablo

Dante, do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

"Is that a raincoat?"

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by Delano

What's the matter Dante84, no Shiatsu this morning?
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Por su puesto.

[Dante84]

Originally Posted by PostRockPablo

Dante, do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

Nope. Peter Gabriel's pretty sick tho.