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.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I might start watching him now. You know a rich kid with a yale degree doing what he does have to have the passion to tell the story right. I don't know if he slants it or not but I'll watch a few of his shows and see.

I like Anderson Cooper. And, since his background is news journalism, he can bring an attentiveness to stories that other people are not telling.

The New York Times wrote, he wears his heart on his sleave. He certainly puts things in perspective, when often he provides a first person base style to reporting.

I'm not sure if this was brought up -- Anderson's brother committed suicide from their apartment ledge as his mother pleaded him not to jump.

This is a short read - Very powerful. ...

My brother's suicide by Anderson Cooper:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/brother/

[Dylan]

[bkkcoh]

If the story was about saving people, why was it so important to continue to film the story instead of saving possibly more people.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Dylan

I like Anderson Cooper. And, since his background is news journalism, he can bring an attentiveness to stories that other people are not telling.

The New York Times wrote, he wears his heart on his sleave. He certainly puts things in perspective, when often he provides a first person base style to reporting.

I'm not sure if this was brought up -- Anderson's brother committed suicide from their apartment ledge as his mother pleaded him not to jump.

This is a short read - Very powerful. ...

My brother's suicide by Anderson Cooper:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/brother/

Holy chit thats some powerful stuff.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by beer bacon

Argh, that country is full of death, destruction, and misery due to rampant poverty and corruption. Obviously, the solution is to nuke the entire ****ing island.

The unfortunate things is that we can't "Give" them what they need. Outsiders can only teach them skills so that they can become productive and less violent. If we just pump money into Haiti,the corrupt will end up with it.

It takes centurys for countrys to grow properly.

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by notorious

The unfortunate things is that we can't "Give" them what they need. Outsiders can only teach them skills so that they can become productive and less violent. If we just pump money into Haiti,the corrupt will end up with it.

It takes centurys for countrys to grow properly.

have they started eatin the corpses yet?