tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post2825138430713309715..comments2024-03-19T08:23:24.309-07:00Comments on Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes: THEY DON'T JUST GO AWAYTom Cochrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-53598113292387476242012-11-29T11:17:35.583-08:002012-11-29T11:17:35.583-08:00Ah, I just found it on the Google. "Waste La...Ah, I just found it on the Google. "Waste Land". It's the story of the people who daily scour the dump for items they can use.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-5419313183292706102012-11-29T11:04:47.196-08:002012-11-29T11:04:47.196-08:00I watched a film in the past year or so about a ga...I watched a film in the past year or so about a garbage dump and I thought it was near Rio. Can't remember the name of it but the film was excellent. I believe the makers of it had the same regrets you express.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-62394481738146625462012-11-28T16:38:23.761-08:002012-11-28T16:38:23.761-08:00True. The Short Time I had in Beirut in 1984 JANUA...True. The Short Time I had in Beirut in 1984 JANUARY haunts me, too. Often I remember a young boy about ten or twelve years old who made every effort to shadow some of my work. His father was maintenance chief in the Hotel Internationale where most of the foreign reporters were ensconced. So there he was every day. Each day he tried to speak English to me.<br /><br />The Hotel thought I was with the CBS Contingent so my phone call bill was paid. <br /><br />Reading old scripts I realize now that U=S troops were re-deployed from their airport bivouac to ships in the Mediterranean Sea. And another Civil War began. I wonder what might have happened to the young boy/man who took an interest in this journalist. He told me goodbye after taking a week to learn: "Ameri-kah is Goot. Very Good." -w- Out and Abouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15413559914369726418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-3063910905599826242012-11-28T16:11:13.067-08:002012-11-28T16:11:13.067-08:00What you describe is tragic, but maybe the seeds o...What you describe is tragic, but maybe the seeds of hope you guys planted will grow and flourish. I hope so.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010559333082508395.post-25114058245799981132012-11-28T13:45:19.540-08:002012-11-28T13:45:19.540-08:00I absolutely love the picture of Starnes. He was t...I absolutely love the picture of Starnes. He was the best at his craft, as were/are you. I have always maintained: journalism is an incredibly honorable profession. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com