Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photographer who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his images capturing people in dire circumstances from a natural disaster in Colombia to drugs and poverty in Miami to a prestigious military hospital dispensing unsatisfactory care in Washington died on Thursday while on assignment in Liberia. He was 58.
Mr. du Cille suffered a heart attack and collapsed during a hike from a village where he had been covering the Ebola crisis with a reporter, The Posts executive editor, Martin Baron, said in a note to the newsroom. He was driven to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
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"Recently, he had been covering Ebola patients and those who care for them. In an essay in October, he wrote that he felt compelled to cover the crisis despite the risk of becoming infected. He was completely devoted to the story of Ebola, and he was determined to stay on the story despite its risks, Mr. Baron said. That is the sort of courage and passion he displayed throughout his career. His travels to West Africa led Syracuse University to disinvite him in October from participating in a journalism workshop after a student expressed concern.
I wrote this today:
DHS Stops Screening Aliens for Leprosy, Starts Asking about Ebola and Plague
http://shtfdashboard.com/pandemic/ebola-alert/dhs-stops-screening-aliens-for-leprosy-starts-asking-about-ebola-and-plague/
And it’s also wheels up on Ebola Air. Just got the flight plan in for latest leg. Dulles -> Dekalb. That’s Emory by way of Bethesda?
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N163PA