We were honored to interview journalist/author Steven Vincent a couple of times on the NARN before he was kidnapped and killed in Iraq. Tonight, the PBS program "NOW" will feature Vincent's story in an episode called Casualties of War:
American Reporter Steven Vincent and his translator Nour Al Khal were putting their lives on the line each day in Iraq to uncover the truth about sectarian violence. In August 2005 they were kidnapped by the very people they had been reporting on. Vincent was shot dead, becoming the first U.S. journalist murdered in Iraq.
This week, NOW's Maria Hinojosa travels to the Middle East to talk to Nour, an extraordinary woman who, despite being shot three times, survived. Like two million of her compatriots, Nour has fled Iraq and still fears for her life as a refugee in a neighboring country.
Now Vincent's widow, Lisa Ramaci, is doing everything she can to bring Nour to safety in the U.S. "We share Steven. She was his friend. He was my husband. But we both loved him in different ways," Ramaci tells NOW.
If you get a chance, tune in to watch. The show airs at 8:30pm tonight locally. To find out when it's on a PBS station near you, go here.
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