This is Tyler Hicks. He's photographed wars and conflict in Kosovo, Chechnya, Congo, Ethiopia, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. He happened to be nearby the Westgate Mall in Kenya when terrorists attacked on Sunday, killing at least 65 people.
@davidgregory I was around the corner from Westgate running an errand. My wife called, said there was shooting. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory I was around the corner from Westgate running an errand. My wife called, said there was shooting. #TweetThePress
Journalist and host of NBC's "Meet The Press" interviewed Hicks on Twitter today and asked him to recount what he saw in the mall that day.
.@TylerHicksPhoto your images from Westgate mall are so haunting - nearly a week later, what's it like there today? #TweetThePress
David Gregory
@davidgregory
.@TylerHicksPhoto your images from Westgate mall are so haunting - nearly a week later, what's it like there today? #TweetThePress
.@TylerHicksPhoto Describe being inside the mall and how you balanced your own fear with getting the story #TweetThePress
David Gregory
@davidgregory
.@TylerHicksPhoto Describe being inside the mall and how you balanced your own fear with getting the story #TweetThePress
@davidgregory I then entered the Mall through a service entrance and remained inside for 2 hours. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory I then entered the Mall through a service entrance and remained inside for 2 hours. #TweetThePress
@davidgregory Mall music was still playing, interrupted by gunfire. A strange and unsettling atmosphere. No one knew where militants were.
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory Mall music was still playing, interrupted by gunfire. A strange and unsettling atmosphere. No one knew where militants were.
@davidgregory Police + army were unsure how many fishters were inside or where #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory Police + army were unsure how many fishters were inside or where #TweetThePress
@davidgregory Similar to war in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria. Unknown location of assailants, clearing, buildings. shooting. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory Similar to war in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria. Unknown location of assailants, clearing, buildings. shooting. #TweetThePress
@davidgregory Had the same feeling as a war. Everyone was aware, but also worried about what was to come. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory Had the same feeling as a war. Everyone was aware, but also worried about what was to come. #TweetThePress
@davidgregory I've never seen such harsh murder, children, women, civilians, unarmed and lifeless in the mall.
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory I've never seen such harsh murder, children, women, civilians, unarmed and lifeless in the mall.
@davidgregory I ran out, people running away from Westgate. Many injured, shot. Complete chaos. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory I ran out, people running away from Westgate. Many injured, shot. Complete chaos. #TweetThePress
@davidgregory @sam_weiser I stayed for as long as possible. I was kicked out by Kenyan police to the parking lot. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory @sam_weiser I stayed for as long as possible. I was kicked out by Kenyan police to the parking lot. #TweetThePress
@davidgregory @sam_weiser I would have stayed longer if possible. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory @sam_weiser I would have stayed longer if possible. #TweetThePress
Hicks tweeted that of all the images he captured at Westgate, this photo stands out the most.
@davidgregory A woman hides with 2 children during the attck. Several killed were close by to them. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory A woman hides with 2 children during the attck. Several killed were close by to them. #TweetThePress
@davidgregory When I think about the attack, this image that comes to mind first. She was stranded and helpless w/children. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory When I think about the attack, this image that comes to mind first. She was stranded and helpless w/children. #TweetThePress
On risking his life to document the Westgate attack.
@davidgregory No photo is worth your life. But documenting the attack was worth entering the mall, with caution. #TweetThePress
Tyler Hicks
@TylerHicksPhoto
@davidgregory No photo is worth your life. But documenting the attack was worth entering the mall, with caution. #TweetThePress