Salah Mohamed Askar, a fixer for NBC News in Libya before he was killed by a rocket near the town of Tigi, Libya on Aug. 4. He is seen here with NBC's Charlene Gubash during a recent reporting assignment. Mike Taibbi / NBC NewsNBC Fixer Killed By A Rocket In Libya -- MSNBC
NEW YORK – Salah went first. He always did. He had a big man’s walk, his long strides straining the folds of his bright white “haik,” the traditional gown worn over trousers by Berber men.
He walked up to the group of men hunkered down on the ridge, some with binoculars trained on the valley below, and explained he was working with a team of journalists from NBC News. He asked permission for us to approach and shoot video of the artillery battle that had just begun. These were not fighters, they were just watching the fighting, but Salah was always polite. Sometimes, when he led us to the front where the battle was engaged, the answer was “no.” But this time he nodded back at us and gestured us forward with a hand signal telling us to keep our heads down.
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My Comment: Covering wars are always dangerous .... Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, etc. .... the list is long and still ongoing .... and for those who cover these wars .... my heart always goes out to them because they are doing a job that puts them in harms way all the time.