Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington | via Vanity Fair.com
Junger and Hetherington worked together on the wonderful and Oscar nominated Restrepo, which was filmed on location in a situation much like what Hetherington walked into in Mistrata.
Boat trips are usually such nice affairs, but not this one. How strange to be out on the water off a beautiful coastline with the salt smell and the wind in your face—except this time, you’re headed toward a place of violence and killing and destruction. You must have known that the unthinkable had to be considered. You must have known you might not ever get back on that boat alive.