Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora
June 21, 1967 - May 24, 2000
On May the 24th AP cameraman Miguel Gil, Kurt Schork veteran Reuters reporter and four soldiers died in an ambush in Sierra Leone. Reuters cameraman Mark Chisholm and Reuters Photographer Yiannis Behrakis suffered slight injuries in the same attack.
They where all traveling with 10 pro-government soldiers when their convoy came under attack by rebels of the Revolutionary United Front.
On May 27th 2000 Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora was buried at his home village in Spain.
Marcel van Nieuwenhoven
October 29 1968 - May 13, 2000
On May the 13th a large explosion happened in a fireworks factory in Enschede in the Netherlands. Marcel, a freelance cameraman was one of the first to arrive on the scene. It is believed that he perished when a second explosion took place. He was filming for Radio Twente Internet
It's with great sadness that we received news of Miguel's and Marcel's death. I personally did not know Miguel well, I had only crossed paths with him while covering the fall of Zaire, but it saddens all of us here to see a fellow cameramen lose his life while trying to tell the stories of the world to the rest of us. Marcel, I never had the fortune of meeting but I am sure he will be greatly missed. Miguel died in a country that took away another colleague and friend not that long ago. Myles Tierney was killed in Sierra Leone in January 1999.
Our condolences go out to Miguel's and Marcel's families and friends.
