Unhurt by Two Mines, but Not Untouched: Damon Winter's Close Call in Afghanistan – NYTimes.com

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Unhurt by Two Mines, but Not Untouched

In the middle of photographing for the “Year at War” series, Damon Winter was confronted by choices that could have made the difference between life or death.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/unhurt-by-two-mines-but-not-untouched/

It was probably the toughest situation I’ve ever been in as a photographer.

When the first mine went off, it was surreal. I think I was just completely shocked. Petty Officer Kremer was maybe about 50 feet away from me.