"Most of the people, they know my picture but there's very few that know about my life," she said. "I'm so thankful that ... I can accept the picture as a powerful gift. Then it is my choice. Then I can work with it for peace."
Phan Thi Kim Phuc snuggles her son Thomas, 3, as her husband Bui Huy
Toan looks on. (May 25, 1997)
In this June 8, 1972 file photo, crying children, including 9-year-old
Kim Phuc, center, run down Route 1 near Trang Bang, Vietnam after an
aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places as South
Vietnamese forces from the 25th Division walk behind them. A South
Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped its flaming napalm on South
Vietnamese troops and civilians. From left, the children are Phan Thanh
Tam, younger brother of Kim Phuc, who lost an eye, Phan Thanh Phouc,
youngest brother of Kim Phuc, Kim Phuc, and Kim's cousins Ho Van Bon,
and Ho Thi Ting.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle.
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