As jackiefox_ reports from Saudi Arabia today supported by SimonCumbersMF, WilliamsJon pays tribute to the man OrlaGuerin described as 'courage personified'
There’s something unusual about those who choose to work in foreign news. Often they go in to places of war and suffering just as everyone else is getting out. Friendships are forged, rivalries put aside in a group, for whom the best of times are often the worst of times.
One Sunday afternoon, in June 2004, at the age of just 36, Simon was murdered by terrorist gunmen while filming a report for BBC News in Saudi Arabia. The attackers opened fire on Simon and his colleague, Frank Gardner, in a suburb of Riyadh. Simon died at the scene and Frank was seriously injured. "One thing that hasn’t is the need for journalists to bear witness to what’s happening in faraway places"
In the aftermath of Simon’s death, in consultation with Louise and his parents, Bob and Bronagh, Irish Aid established the Simon Cumbers Media Fund to honour his memory. The aim of the fund is to assist and promote more and better-quality media coverage of development issues in the Irish media.
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