As you can see he was not facing "several" tanks as the media would have it, but an entire armored brigade. His fate, as his identity is unknown, but I'd imagine he was among the thousands that were squashed, pulped, burned, and then flushed.
As impressive as the “tank man” photo is - the wider view, uncropped image is even more impressive with the row of tanks heading back into the distance and disappearing around a corner iirc. With that large a show of force, I can easily imagine 10,000+ people killed. Sick.
Ghandi and MLK are constantly praised for standing up with peaceful protests against their immoral governments. Peaceful protests work onely if the government has a certain degree of morality.
As you can see he was not facing "several" tanks as the media would have it, but an entire armored brigade. His fate, as his identity is unknown, but I'd imagine he was among the thousands that were squashed, pulped, burned, and then flushed.