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Caught up in violence of L.A. riots, victim has lasting empathy
Last edited Mon Apr 30, 2012, 05:23 AM - Edit history (1)
A photographer was just one of thousands injured during the riots. He doesn't remember his trauma, but as a nurse practitioner he now assists traumatized veterans.
By Nita Lelyveld, Los Angeles Times
April 30, 2012
HONOLULU —Craig Fujii spent the night of April 29, 1992, in two increasingly chaotic L.A. emergency rooms.
On his right temple throbbed a large, ugly lump, striped with swollen veins. His head hurt, he kept saying, over and over.
The young Associated Press photographer had been beaten up at Florence and Normandie.
Someone had yanked off his cameras. He'd been kicked, his glasses smashed.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-riot-craig-fujii-20120430,0,5841932.story
By Nita Lelyveld, Los Angeles Times
April 30, 2012
HONOLULU —Craig Fujii spent the night of April 29, 1992, in two increasingly chaotic L.A. emergency rooms.
On his right temple throbbed a large, ugly lump, striped with swollen veins. His head hurt, he kept saying, over and over.
The young Associated Press photographer had been beaten up at Florence and Normandie.
Someone had yanked off his cameras. He'd been kicked, his glasses smashed.
More: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-riot-craig-fujii-20120430,0,5841932.story
Remarkable story and well-written narrative.
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