1. Ki Suk was trying to calm a panhandler town that was harassing people, when he was harassed himself and pushed onto the tracks. He wasn't strong enough to lift himself onto the platform, and the photographer, Umar Abbasi, started taking pictures, flashing how flash to try and tell the conductor to stop the subway car.
2. Abbasi said he took the photo to try and get the conductors attention and tell him to stop.
3. I think if he really meant for the flash to try and stop the conductor, taking the photos was inevitable, if he already had it on flash photography, but just because he took the photo, didn't mean he had to publish the photos.
4. I think the photographer definitely could have tried harder to pull the man up, at least until the subway car was closer. So no, I don't think standing around and waiting for the car to hit him was the best choice.
5. I don't exactly disagree with putting it on the front page, considering it would be giving people information about what happened, but I feel that the story has become more about the photographer than the man that killed, and I think the photographer brought that upon himself by publishing the photo
6. I think there can be a nice balance between the two, because not every photo a journalist takes is going to be a life or death situation, and when a situation like that comes, it all depends, on sometimes the split second decision of the photographer.
7. I think so, because if its a life or death situation, it would be extremely hard to not involve yourself
8. I don't think always, because eventually someone is going to capture something like that, but the photographer has to be ready to take on the aftermath.
9. The best thing to do would be, and its easier said than done, to tell the absolute uttermost truth, stand by your word, and try to keep living your life.
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