Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
CBS correspondent Bob Simon killed in car crash
By Eric Pfahler
Knoxville News Sentinel
Award-winning CBS News correspondent Bob Simon died in a car accident, the news organization reported Wednesday evening.
Simon, 73, covered news for CBS for five decades and had been a regular on "60 Minutes" since 1996. He was a passenger in a livery cab traveling in New York City at the time of the crash, according to the New York Daily News.
Simon served as a prominent war and foreign correspondent. His war reporting career began with his coverage of the Vietnam War, according to his CBS bio.
Simon had covered many overseas conflicts, and his efforts included being captured by Iraqi forces during the Gulf War in January 1991. He spent 40 days in Iraqi prisons, according to CBS.
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1 comment:
The speed of the vehicles is strange as is the rear-ending, as is the type of vehicles and the people involved. Was the Mercedes "brake-checking" the cab? Did the taxi driver fail to back down or "submit" to one of his distant criminal relatives? I don't know, but I do know that the closest I've come to death in the last ten years was in a similar situation.
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