Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]she talked about it in her lecture today. she had been sent to cuba after she begged the prime minister of vietnam that she wished to be left alone to study in peace as she was being used as a poster-child and trotted out to visiting journalists. in cuba she married another vietnamese student. they applied for permission to fly to moscow for their honeymoon. she burst out laughing at that point :-)) the authorities initially approved only her husband's travel so they kicked up a fuss and she was approved too. the reason for this trip is she had heard a rumour that the return leg of the flight made a refuelling stop at gander, newfoundland. on that return flight she whispered her plan to her new husband for the first time. his eyes became like eggs. they had an hour's stop inside the transit lounge. she noticed that the glass door out was slightly ajar and had not latched fully. she looked at her husband and said, "give me your passport now and come with me." he did. she said at that moment she knew she had not married a fearful coward. they ran through the glass door out and towards canadian immigration waving their passports. and won political asylum. she said she entered canada with just a purse and a camera. she teared up whenever she recalled Uncle Ut, the man who saved her life. *Richard Man* richard at richardmanphoto.com <lug%40leica-users.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BLeica%5D%20met%20the%20napalm%20girl%20today%20%3A-%29&In-Reply-To=%3CCAF8hL-HG6kW2ySwuEJS-pjysOhkdZ%3DpftBf%3D7EopE%2BMO-pmLfw%40mail.gmail.com%3E> *Tue Feb 19 15:14:14 PST 2013* ------------------------------ Amazing story how she immigrated to Canada and then finally met Nick Ut. Nick's story is pretty amazing too of course. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>wrote: >* Beautiful lady!*>**>* Jim Nichols*>* Tullahoma, TN USA*>* ----- Original >Message ----- From: "scleroplex" <scleroplex at gmail.com ><http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>*>* To: <lug at >leica-users.org <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>*>* Sent: >Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:52 PM*>* Subject: [Leica] met the napalm girl >today :-)*