Sebastian Junger on Libya, war journalism and Tim Hetherington’s death
Screenshot from the film Restrepo
Sebastian Junger was hit hard by the conflict in Libya. His friend Tim Hetherington was killed there near Misrata, along with photographer Chris Hondros. Junger had also worked with Hetherington making the Oscar-nominted documentary Restrepo, and Junger’s new book War. Junger joins Here and Now to talk about the work that he and his friend did together and his own close call.
You can watch a trailer for Restrepo below:
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