Monday, December 10, 2007

pg 86 to 120

Next he talks about his trip to Niger


  • Decided to come to Niger to report the starvation problem

  • He was vacationing with some friends in Rwanda where he saw a short broadcast where they were reporting about the starvation happening in Niger

  • The next day he was on a plane going to Niger

  • In Niger, he went to a hospital where he interviewed a doctor named Dr. Tectonidis

  • The hospital helped children who were dieing from starvation

  • While there he interviewed many different mothers who had sick children

  • One particular little boy at the hospital named Aminu got his attention. He was going to a story on him but wasn't allowed because Aminu wasn't "sick" enough for the viewers at home to pay close attention to tv screen

Also talks about how he lived in Vietnam



  • He was twenty-five years old when he moved to Vietnam

  • Lived in Vietnam for six months after Channel One bought some of his footage

  • Took Hanoi language lessons while shooting some more stories there

  • While living in Vietnam he often though about his brother who committed suicide

  • Sometimes people reminded him of his brother, Carter.

  • One time he even thought he saw his brother while eating at a cafe but he knew it couldn't be him

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