...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
journalist.
Alissa J. Rubin, 56, The Times's Gay Paree bureau chief and a longtime war correspondent, apparently suffered a concussion, at least one broken wrist and possibly some broken ribs but was conscious. Adam Ferguson, 35, a freelance photographer working for The Times who was accompanying Ms. Rubin, said via cellphone text that he suffered a sore jaw and some minor bumps.
| Way to make yourselves the story, guys. You know nobody cares about journalists from far away, right? |
Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff for the president of the Kurdistan region,
Massoud Barzani... hereditary head of the Kurdish Democratic Party, maybe a little too close to the Medes and the Persians for most people's tastes...
, said two rescue helicopters later took the survivors to safety at a pesh merga base. They were then transferred to ambulances, and Ms. Rubin and Mr. Ferguson were taken to a hospital in Zakho, a town near the Turkish border, where Ms. Rubin received emergency medical care.