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Ambassador of Peace aka "Napalm Girl" supporting Ukrainian refugees in Canada

05.07.2022 21:30
Phan Thi Kim Phuc, famous across the world as "Napalm Girl" because of the horrific image of her and other children burning from napalm, has been supporting Ukrainian refugees in her home country of Canada.
Nick Ut and Phan Thi Phuc Napalm Girl
Nick Ut and Phan Thi Phuc "Napalm Girl"PAP/EPA/Daniel Dal Zennaro

In 1972, when Phan Thi Kim Phuc was 9 years old, she was photographed by Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Nick Ut, as she fled, naked, from a napalm attack.

She and the photograph became known across the world as "Napalm Girl".

Phan Thi Kim Phuc, today living in Canada, became a peace activist, this year visiting Pope Francis together with Nick Ut. 

She assisted a group of 256 Ukrainian refugees in their migration from Warsaw to the Canadian city of Regina.

Kim expressed the hope that her story and work with refugees will send a message of peace. 

Sources: Reuters, PAP

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