Tom Hurndall - Blog Posts

On this day, January 13, 2004: British photography student Tom Hurndall dies after being shot by an Israeli sniper in Gaza nine months earlier. Hurndall was trying to save Palestinian children from Israeli gunfire when he was shot in the head and left in a coma.

"What do I want from this life? I want to be proud of myself. When I die, I want to smile because of the things I have done, not cry for the things I haven't done. I will die with images of earthly heavens in my eyes" – Tom Hurndall