Chris Hondros, Getty Images photo agency more died later of the devastating brain trauma. Guy Martin, which was deposited photographs to the Panos Agency, suffered a serious pelvic injury, said Andre Liohn, a colleague who was at the Centre of yard where photographers rushed after that they were beaten by rebels.
Mr. Hondros suffered a significant loss of brain tissue and was relaunched twice before being yard care. He spent several hours in a coma and died after 10 am, said Mr. Liohn.
Mr. Martin, a British citizen, had surgery vascular Wednesday evening, according to the same account. The progression of the night, Mr. Liohn said that Mr. Martin bleeding had been arrested and that his chances had improved, although a doctor has said that his condition was not stable yet.
The fourth photographer, Michael Christopher Brown, suffered shrapnel wounds in the left shoulder, but his life was not in danger. He was in surgery late Wednesday evening, said Mr. Liohn.
Third largest city of the Libya, Misurata, was cut off by land from the rest of the country by the military forces loyal to colonel Muammar el-Gaddafi. He has been the theatre of intensive, close to the weeks combat. Hundreds of Libyans have been confirmed killed.
Photographers had reached the city by the sea of Benghazi, the capital of rebels. Mr. Liohn said that they had been working together on the side of rebel of the front line on the street of Tripoli, one of the reasons of main battle of the city. Guarded by snipers and hit by all sorts of incoming fire, cluster munitions tank shells, is a boulevard extended ruins.
Mr. Liohn said rebels had fought progress door to door and blocks of buildings in compensation. It had been launched Tuesday at the day's fighting, he said, and four photographers arrived in the region late Wednesday morning.
Mr. Liohn said he was concerned that the Qathafi forces would counterattack in the afternoon, then added, "and this is what happened."
To 15 hours, Mr. said Liohn, the four were struck by a rocket grenade.
Rebels them expedited to the sorting Centre. The four were alive, but it was clear from the outset, Mr. said Liohn, Mr. Hetherington and Mr. Hondros were seriously injured.
Mr. Hetherington had lost a large amount of blood, Mr. Liohn, said, and doctors have been unable to stabilize him.
"They have tried to make cardiac massage for a long time", he said. "May 15 minutes or more." "And then they declared him dead".
Mr. Hondros is unconscious and died in the night.
Covering the war in the East of the Libya and Misurata in Western proved to be particularly dangerous for journalists, who have been subjected to air strikes and artillery, rocket, rifle and machine-gun fire, and they have faced the risk of arrestbeating and detention of the pro-Qathafi forces.
The risks during the fighting were compounded by the difficulties of relocation of equipment in Libya through the Egypt, where customs officials tried to block the transit of helmets and vests.Some journalists have managed to move the equipment to the front lines, but most have not. Mr. Hetherington nor Mr. Brown had protector of Misurata, said Mr. Liohn.
It was not immediately clear how Mr Martin and Mr Brown could be evacuated.
The Ionian spirit, a ship chartered by the International Organization for migration, was in the port of Misurata evacuate migrant workers, who have just completed a third trip of relief of Benghazi and loaded with evacuees.
Human Rights Watch, organization based in New York, whose staff members know photographers, contacted the ship and found that it was ready to evacuate two photographers injured in Benghazi as well. But the two men were not judged suitable for travel, especially on a trip that could last for hours 20 or more.
The Organization has made arrangements late into the night to move the remains of Mr. Hetherington, Mr. Hondros from the ship for the trip to Benghazi. Consular officers of England and the United States began to organize their repatriation of Libya after the trip.
The remains of Mr. Hetherington and Mr. Hondros has been confirmed on the ship.
Two other journalists have been killed in the month last in the Libyan conflict, according to the Committee to protect journalists from: Mohammed al-Nabbous, the founder of the Libya Alhurra TV Online, who was shot dead as he was streaming audio reports of the fighting in Benghazi; and Ali Hassan al-Jaber, a cameraman with Al Jazeera, who was killed when his crew was ambushed near Benghazi.
In addition to four who were killed, 49 journalists have been detained, according to the Committee to protect journalists.
The loss of Mr. Hetherington, 41, emoi in many quarters, including among journalists, aid workers, soldiers and victims of the war, he had bound of friendship with a brilliant career. A British citizen who has lived in New York, he had covered conflicts with sensitivity to Liberia, Afghanistan, in Darfur and, in recent weeks, the Libya.
Jeremy w. Peters contributed reporting from New York.
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