The Boston Fire photograph me struck me as a tragedy caught in the moment it happened. The lady and her child were photographed falling from a collapsed fire-escape, down to the ground. Miraculously, the child survived. The lady, however, did not. This picture made me feel the terror and danger of building fires, and the safety that is required to save lives. If that fire-escape had held on, the fireman would have rescued the two girls, saving a life in the process. It pains me to know that this tragedy could have been prevented.
Welcome Home symbolized the return of what Americans had been waiting for. Six years the Prisoners of War (POW's) were kept in a North Vietnam prisoner camp. This picture portrays a moment of happiness, a moment of a long-awaited return to the families struggling without their fathers. Welcome Home struck me deeply in emotion, almost as if you could feel how much they had missed their husbands/fathers. To miss someone for six years, it had to be emotionally crushing. The look of pure happiness on the faces of the families of the returned POW's, shows how incredible a moment this photo captured.
Ragga :]
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