Dith Pran



Dith Pran (September 27, 1942 – March 30, 2008) was a photojournalist best known as a refugee and Cambodian Genocide survivor and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields. He was portrayed in the movie by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.



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 * I don't consider myself a politician or a hero. I'm a messenger. If Cambodia is to survive, she needs many voices.


 * Part of my life is saving life.

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 * He knew we had no chance without him so he argued not to be separated from us, offering, in effect, to forfeit his own life on the chance that he might save ours.
 * Sydney Schanberg, describing Pran's efforts to get his colleagues out of harm's way.