Blind by a cannonball, and still reporting online the day before his death! Uncover the legendary life of "one-eyed female reporter"

Marie Colvin (Marie Colvin)

As early as 2001, Marie Colvin (Marie Colvin) lost her left eye in the civil war in Sri Lanka.

At that time, she raised her hands and shouted "Reporter! Reporter!" But she still ushered in a grenade exploded in front of her. If

is an ordinary person, after experiencing such a major trauma, she may choose to retire, but Colvin is obviously not very human. She chose to put on a black pirate blindfold and return tenaciously to the stormy waves of war.

During his 30-year career as a war reporter, Colvin went deep into the Libyan Civil War, the Sri Lanka Civil War, the Iraq War, the Syrian War, and traveled to the most dangerous places in the world such as Chechnya, Kosovo, Lion Rock, Zimbabwe, and East Timor. Through her reports on the land severely ravaged by the war, countless atrocities have been exposed to the world. Without her testimony, the world would never, and it would be impossible to know that there are still so many cruel wars taking place today.

Until the day before she was killed in the bombing, she was still using satellite phones in battle to report the tragedy in Syria to World Connect. All she was worried about were the people who suffered silently...

"One-eyed Woman" On the big screen, the legendary life is perfectly reproduced

Now, Colvin’s story has been reproduced into the film "A Private War" (A Private War), which records the last ten years of the life of the "one-eyed woman" and presents the war reporters truthfully A high-risk career from birth to death. What's valuable is that the film not only focuses on Colvin's heroic and fortitude, but also peels off her fearless heroic image in the eyes of the world, revealing the fragility and struggle in her heart.

plays Corvin’s Rosamund Pike (Rosamund Pike), once in David Fincher’s thriller "Control", with superb and restrained acting skills to shock the film world, this time in "Private War" The performance is equally wonderful. Aside from the high-cold and temperamental image in "Control", she did enough homework to imitate Colvin's hoarse and low smokey voice and the slightly uncoordinated body due to the absence of her left eye. Live this charming character who is tough and cold on the outside, but tormented on the inside. Because he was too deep in the show, Parker was under pressure for a while to consider leaving the crew, which shows how compelling the high pressure faced by war reporters is. All the reporters of

disappeared, she insisted on saving 1,500 lives

Every war reporter who is willing to plunge into danger is great, but Colvin's experience can be said to be a legend in the legend. She has courage and is extremely obsessed with reporting the truth. Whenever she goes into battle, she almost desperately surrenders herself to stand with civilians. In an interview in East Timor in 1999, she insisted on staying there despite the threats of Indonesian armed groups in order to protect the trapped women and children. All the reporters left, and she was left alone to continue reporting on the local situation to the world until four days later, the group of civilians were evacuated. Colvin’s heroic act allegedly saved the lives of 1,500 women and children.

She was also the first foreign journalist stationed in Sri Lanka. She stayed there for 6 years and even broke into areas controlled by the government and controlled by rebels, where foreign media is prohibited from entering, reporting on the unknown humanitarian disasters in the area. It was this trip that Colvin paid a heavy price and lost her left eye forever.

​Behind the heroic image is endless fear and suffering

I have seen so many purgatory on earth, isn’t it afraid? Colvin tried to answer this question in an interview. She said: "If you admit your fear, you will never get where you want to go. I think fear always comes later, when everything is over."

then found Colvin's fear, which was shockingly violent. Witnessed more bloody wars than most soldiers, causing her to suffer great physical and psychological harm, suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome), nightmares and pain at night. Innocent children who died tragically, family members who cried privately and the roaring shelling became her lingering nightmare. In order to escape these fears, she began to drink and smoke, and struggled to fight the disease, and fought a "private war" that belonged to her only.

Colvin also yearns for family, but sheBoth marriages ended in failure, but always miscarried when I wanted a child. She once said, "I also want to have a normal life, but I just don't know what to do." Knowing that being on the battlefield will bring so much fear, she still rushes to the battlefield again and again like an addiction.

​"I want to tell people what war is like"

drives Colvin to continue. It is a strong desire to report the truth. She doesn't like to talk about war strategy, politics, and military weapons, but only cares about the innocent people who suffer. "Several centuries have passed, and the war has not changed significantly. The battlefield is still rumbled and flesh and blood are flying; the wives are scattered outside the battlefield; the two sides are not willing to disclose the truth. Therefore, my job is to be a war. Witness." Since the war cannot be stopped and the refugees’ suffering cannot be shared, Colvin decided to at least let their stories be seen.

Colvin believes that "war is actually not that terrible to the government because they are not harmed or killed like ordinary people." She can't understand people with force. She often sacrifices countless families indiscriminately with a single order. Tens of thousands of civilians have fallen into death, yet they still claim that they are the righteous party. Therefore, Colvin is convinced that the existence of first-hand reports is very important, and she believes that the power of words can expose the truth that is hidden by words.

Talking about the reasons for writing war, Colvin's tone was firm: "I want to tell people what war is like", "I write so that other people can care about what happens in these places as much as I do." Perhaps, for her, her own fears are not really a big deal. The strong desire is enough to push her to the battlefield. "The real difficulty is to have enough confidence in human nature to believe that people will care about these reports."

​If I were gone, what would the civilians do?

In 2012, Colvin reported on the local civil war in Syria. Once again, almost all reporters retreated, leaving Colvin and her photographers insisting on staying on the scene. She thought, if even I were gone, what would the civilians do? Who will tell the world that there are still tens of thousands of people who are helpless and in need of help?

In the humble and empty temporary press center, Colvin wrote an email to her lover at the time, Richard Flaye (Richard Flaye). It said at the end: "I will stay here for another week and leave. Every day is a nightmare. I think of you all the time, I miss you."

But Colvin never came back, this letter became her Farewell book with lover. Reported online to the BBC, CNN and other major media. The next day, Colvin was shot and killed by a rocket outside the press center.

Seven years have passed, and Syria is still deep in war. The involvement of complex international forces such as the United States, Russia, and Turkey, and the ravages of the Islamic State (IS) have made the situation of the locals even worse. When reading these news, people always complain about the suffering of the locals. Few people will think of the reporters who silently contributed in the back. "Private War" took care of the other side of the news, allowing Colvin behind every battlefield report to be seen.

Next time, when you use your mobile phone to slide a line of words at will, maybe you can stop for a few more seconds and think about it. These texts and images may be exchanged with sweat, tears, and blood...

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