yesterday, 8 years ago, the often forgotten hero tom hurndall was declared dead after nine months in coma. he was shot by a sniper in gaza on april 11 while trying to save children who were getting shot at. no words to express this.
i often think about tom. living in palestine, i know that what might look like self-sacrifice or heroism and courage is often just the only thing one can think of doing – or not even think, it’s the thing one does, period. i keep thinking about tom, i wonder whether he knew that he might get killed (and if i had to bet, i would think no, i would guess that he just didn’t think about that and only knew that those kids had to get out of that line of fire).
tom would have been my age today, had he not been murdered.
please, take the time to read these articles and watch the video.
the shooting of tom hurndall – trailer
“not again” – joe smith writes about the shooting of tom hurndall