Dith Pran

This video is the last interview of a Cambodian named Dith Pran who was a journalist in Cambodia who was captured by the Khmer Rouge and held hostage in the killing fields. The Cambodian genocide is something that is not talked about. Before I went to Cambodia and saw for myself the evidence I would never have known that this was something that took place. I saw brick houses filled with bones of innocent people killed by the Khmer rouge. I saw the fear in peoples eyes and more importantly I saw the genuine compassion that those people had for all of human life. They worried for us American's being in Cambodia because they feared the Khmer rouge would harm us. Even though these people had been through so much they still had compassion for my family and I because we are all people. I commend Dith for his dedication to voicing what happened to him and his people.


http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/multimedia/20080320_DITH_PRAN_LAST_WORD_FEATURE/#section1