Deanne Fitzmaurice won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for the photo
essay titled “Operation Lion Heart.”
The picture stands for the atrocities
Iraqis had to face during one of the most violent conflicts of modern history –
the Iraq War.
This 9-year-old Iraqi
boy got severely injured in an explosion. He was flown to Oakland, CA where he
underwent several critical surgeries. His determination to not lose hope of
life got him the nickname: Saleh Khalaf, i.e., “Lion Heart”.
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