nprfreshair:

Heartbroken over the news that New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid died in Syria yesterday. Shadid was on Fresh Air six times, most recently this past December, where he talked about covering the Arab Spring. We’ll be devoting a portion of the show today to remember him.

I was listening to this on Friday and was amazed by this dude in the interviews. Towards the end of a segment I realized he had just passed away. And from a severe asthma attack no less. What a dangerous job to take on. Be shot once, have the Libyan government take you into custody…and have an asthma attack be the way you go. Wow. As long as he was doing what he love, being that he was reporting on the uprising in Syria, I think that’s important.

I’m really interested to read his book coming out next month about building up his family’s ancestral home in Lebanon. I think he had an exciting and long career and I was happy to learn about him.

House of Stone is expected to be released March 27th.