James Wright Foley
He born in 18 of October in 1973 in Evaston, EEUU.
He was a:
Photojournalist
Teacher
Journalist
His family
Parents: John y Diane
Brothers and Sister: Next to Jim is John Jr, left to right is Katie, Mark and Michael.
He studied in:
Marquette University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Northwest
Medill School of Journalism
He became in a war correspondent/freelancer
He started in Libya making videos for GlobalPost in 2011 for show how the people rebelled from they government: https://vimeo.com/album/3102846
But in this place he was kidnapping for the rebels together with others journalist.
But thanks to him family he was released after 44 days with another journalist. From left to right: Nigel Chandler (british), Manu Brabo (spanish) y Clare Morgana Gillis (norteamerican)
I admire him because...
He gave his life for show the truth, for show to the world what is happening in Syria. He showed that something worthwhile can be done from journalism and these actions are the ones that matters and those that go down in history.
Help from teaching.
Help from journalist.
Even he help the others journalist in captivity giving them clothes, food even force to support the confinement.
19 of august of 2014:
ISIS publish a video where they force Jim Foley to say things horribles about United States and after they killed him.
In honor to him:
In november 22 of 2012:
While Jim being in Syria with John and Mustafa, other journalist, he was kidnapped for second time with John. On this occasion it was for the Islamic State.
He was in captivity for two years.
He was locked with 19 more journalist.
During this time, Jim had to spent terrible tortures with the others. But the rest was released, he didn't.
Even though he helped the people
He had to see how children died, and families that lost everything. But he documented all this so that world could see the suffering that these people were going through in the war.
Despite his first kidnapping, he decided comeback, and go to Syria.
In this place, he was able to portray the consequences of the war.
For all this, he decided helping to a hospital in Aleppo (Dar Al Shifa Hospital) collecting funds to have an ambulance, because they moved their patients in taxis and cars.
And he succeeded.