Phan Thị Kim Phúc | |
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 June 8, 1972: Kim Phúc, center, running down a road naked near Trảng Bàng after a South Vietnam Air Force napalm attack (Nick Ut / The Associated Press) | |
| Born | Phan Thị Kim Phúc April 6, 1963 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Kim Phúc |
| Citizenship | South Vietnam (1963–1975) Vietnam (1975–1997) Canada (1997–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation(s) | Author, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador |
| Known for | Being "The Girl in the Picture" (Vietnam War) |
| Spouse |
Bui Huy Toan (m. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Order of Ontario |
Phan Thị Kim Phúc OOnt (Vietnamese pronunciation: [faːŋ tʰɪ̂ˀ kim fúk͡p̚]; born April 6, 1963), referred to informally as the girl in the picture[1] and the napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph, titled The Terror of War, taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.
The image, taken for the Associated Press by a 21-year-old Vietnamese-American photographer named Nick Ut, shows her at nine years of age running naked on a road after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack.[2]
She later founded the Kim Phúc Foundation International to provide aid to child victims of war.[3]
- ^ Chong, Denise (1998). The girl in the picture: the Kim Phuc story. Toronto: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-86817-9. OL 6877456M. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ "Girl, 9, Survives Napalm Burns". The New York Times. June 11, 1972. p. 17. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
Nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim-Phuc is recuperating in a Saigon children's hospital, the unintended victim of a misdirected napalm attack ...
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