Legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Nick Ut attacked outside the Old Ebbitt Grill in DC

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Legendary
@AP
photographer
@nickut
received the National Medal of Arts on Wednesday at the
@WhiteHouse
. Awaiting further details about the reported attack on him outside
@oldebbitt
.

Just saw on the
@nbcwashington
that Pulitzer-winning AP photographer
@nickut
, whose “Napalm girl” photo helped bring the reality of the horrors of the Vietnam War home to America, was randomly attacked outside the Old Ebbitt Grill in DC. He looks OK now. #getwellsoon.

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@darcyspencer
re: Pulitzer-winning photographer Nick Ut being randomly attacked not far from White House. Secret Service detained suspect.
@nickut
says he’s ok & looks forward to taking pics in days ahead. #staysafe!

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Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Attacked in DC Day After Accepting Award at White House

The assault was on an otherwise deserted street, blocks from the White House.

By Darcy Spencer • Published January 15, 2021

A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who visited Washington, D.C., this week to accept an award from the White House was attacked downtown the next day.

Nick Ut, 70, became famous for a photo he took during the Vietnam War showing a young girl running through the streets of Vietnam following a napalm attack. ... Ut accepted the Medal of Arts award at the White House Wednesday.

As he was walking to dinner on 15th Street NW Thursday, Ut was punched randomly. ... “What happened last night, we had trouble,” he said. “I really don’t see that guy tackle me last night, and I hear yelling, but too late for me, and he punched me already.” ... Ut fell to the ground, hitting metal fencing surrounding a tree and hurting his ribs, back and leg.

“His left leg was hurt, which is ironic because it’s the same leg that he still has shrapnel in from covering the Vietnam War,” said longtime friend and fellow award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris, who was with Ut at the time of the attack.

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[femmedem]

1. I doubt it was random. More likely a hate crime.

Random that the attacker didn't know who he was, but not random in that Ut isn't White.