That’s why the baby girl Kim Fook was given the nickname "napalm baby girl".
Despite the massive wounds inflicted on the child, which continue with the passing of her years, she does not want to spread messages of anger or revenge.
She says in an interview with a network "Sky News" The British published, on Monday, that they want to spread messages of forgiveness and peace at a time when the world is preoccupied with the war raging in the world UkraineWhere human tragedies are repeated.
reported "Sky News" that picture "napalm baby girl" Represent the atrocities of war in VietnamIt shows a naked child, arms outstretched, screaming in pain, and running from invisible horrors towards the camera.
The girl was 9 years old when she was bombed US forces Her village is bombed "napalm" scorching.
The girl suffered third-degree burns that covered about half of her body, and was not expected to live beyond, and two of her cousins were killed by the bombing of American planes.
The child, who is now on the cusp of old age, says that she still bears the physical and psychological scars of that tragic incident.
She recounted those difficult moments: "I saw the plane. She was fast and making a big noise, and I just stood there".
I added: "I saw four black packages falling from the plane, then I heard a very annoying noise, which has stayed with me to this day".
Follow up: "Suddenly everything around me turned into fire".
After the tragic accident, the girl spent two years in hospitals and clinics, and her picture, taken by an agency photographer, became "Associated Press" Iconic, epitomizing ugliness Vietnam War which lasted for nearly two decades.
The impact of the photo on the little girl was so great that she contemplated suicide.
And that little girl left her country, Vietnam, for CubaShe studied, married, and later immigrated to Canada.
Decades after that tragedy, the child, who became a woman, was able to meet the American pilot who coordinated the attack on her village.
She said he cried like a child and asked her for forgiveness, and she told him: "yes".
She stated that this meeting expresses a message of tolerance that she is now conveying to the world through the work of the Foundation "Kim" International, which provides funds to groups that provide free medical care for children from war victims and terrorism.
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Photographer Nick Ute took a picture of the victim. Van Thi Kim Phucwho was a little girl in 1972, jogging naked after being badly burned by the bombing of her village near the capital Saigon with bombs”napalmIncendiary devices, an internationally banned weapon.
That’s why the little girl, Kim Fook, was given the nickname “Kim Fook.”napalm baby girl“.
Despite the massive wounds inflicted on the child, which continue with the passing of her years, she does not want to spread messages of anger or revenge.
In an interview with the British “Sky News” network published on Monday, she says that she wants to spread messages of forgiveness and peace at a time when the world is preoccupied with the war raging in UkraineWhere human tragedies are repeated.
“Sky News” stated that the image of the “Napalm child” represents the horrors of war in the country VietnamIt shows a naked child, arms outstretched, screaming in pain, and running from invisible horrors towards the camera.
The girl was 9 years old when she was bombed US forces Her village with incendiary napalm bombs.
The girl suffered third-degree burns that covered about half of her body, and was not expected to live beyond, and two of her cousins were killed by the bombing of American planes.
The child, who is now on the cusp of old age, says that she still bears the physical and psychological scars of that tragic incident.
She recounted those harsh moments: “I saw the plane. It was fast and it made a lot of noise, and I just stood there.”
And she added: “I saw four black packages falling from the plane, then I heard a very annoying noise, which has remained with me to this day.”
And she continued, “Suddenly everything around me turned into fire.”
After the tragic accident, the girl spent two years in hospitals and clinics, and her picture, taken by an Associated Press photographer, became iconic, and epitomizes the ugliness of her life. Vietnam War which lasted for nearly two decades.
The impact of the photo on the little girl was so great that she contemplated suicide.
And that little girl left her country, Vietnam, for CubaShe studied, married, and later immigrated to Canada.
Decades after that tragedy, the child, who became a woman, was able to meet the American pilot who coordinated the attack on her village.
She said he cried like a child and asked her for forgiveness, and she told him, “Yes.”
She stated that this meeting expresses a message of tolerance that she is now conveying to the world through the work of the Kim International Foundation, which provides funds to groups that provide free medical care for children from war victims and terrorism.