1. A Queen's resident, Ki Suk Han was pushed in fromt of an on-coming subway train by a man who was harassing people in the subway. The photographer began taking photos only after he tried to save the man's life.
2. He said he only took pictures because he thought the flash might warn the conductor of the on-coming train that there was someone in danger.
3. I think that what really turned out to be a horrible photo, was only taken on accident. If the photographer said that he could do all he could to help, then I believe him. Taking those pictures was only done because of the flash that would go off to warn the conductor. He was trying to save the man's life.
4. I think he could have asked the people who were taking videos of it to help him. If he couldn't lift the man by himself, a few more people could have helped.
5. I completely disagree with everything that they did. No person's death should ever be spread across the front page of a magazine for everyone to see and judge. Someone DIED and they used it as a cover story with the words "Pushed on the subway track, this man is about to die". There is no respect in that, and no humanity. I have no respect for the people at that magazine.
6. I think that capturing life as it happens is more important. As their job, they have to capture photos that take our breath away. That is their goal. But in situations like this, where it is a matter of life or death, and what they are thinking about is saving a man's life or getting a great picture… that is wrong. It shouldn't be anyone's job to make that decision for someone else.
7. I think in a situation like this, it is always acceptable to involve yourself.
8. When a situation decides if someone lives or dies, ethics shouldn't matter. But when it is any other photo, they should take the pictures they see, not what they make.
9. They should have done more, and could have. Or at least delete the picture for no one to use. It is horribly wrong to have sold it for the magazine, or to have let anyone use it or see it. And it gives the situation a whole new meaning from what the photographer said it was.
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