Posted on 03/17/2022 12:52:07 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Fox News’ Pierre Zakrzewski died Monday doing what he loved to do most: chasing a story.
He was one of the best combat cameramen – all-around cameramen, for that matter – in the business.
He was an incredible journalist. He knew the stories inside and out.
He saved my own life on many occasions.
We were embedded in the lead Marine company in the battle of Fallujah in Iraq in 2004. Three Marines were killed, 18 injured, just in our unit. He had my back.
He carried 80 pounds of electronic camera gear on his back as we scaled the Kunar Mountains in eastern Afghanistan with young army recruits in 2006. It was the one time I saw him out of breath!
We’ve dodged bricks and bats and paving stones and stinging tear gas in riot after riot from Hong Kong to Athens to Paris. He always knew which way to turn and get the best pictures.
He loved people.
He loved travel.
He loved family.
He loved food.
He didn’t drink much or smoke or do drugs. He was high on life.
He hated... hated… hated sitting around the newsroom.
He hated stuck-up rich brats. He loved regular folks.
And he might have told a few symbols of authority which way to go from time to time.
The terrible shelling outside of Kyiv which resulted in his death was not the first time he got into trouble. Bombs, rockets, shells have exploded around him in the past. We always said he was like a cat with nine lives.
Tragically, this week, those lives ran out.
He once told me he was going to work a bit longer and then retire. But his plans for retirement with his lovely wife,
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He seems to have been a kind, good-natured man. I’m very sorry.
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