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Greg Mortenson’s heads-up on Teru Kuwayama's accident
08:04 am CDT May 12, 2009
(K2Climb.net) Central Asia Institute’s founder Greg Mortenson shot over the following news Sunday:
“Teru Kuwayama, the NYC photographer who has helped Central Asia Institute (CAI) for several years, was in a near fatal accident on the road from Peshawar to Islamabad last Saturday evening,” Greg Mortenson reported.
Americans injured but alive
“The driver was killed, Teru is in critical, but stable condition. Preliminary reports said that Lynsey Addario, a New York Times photographer / writer was also killed in the same accident. However, that is incorrect: I just spoke to Shifa Hospital, where Teru is and they said Lynsey is alive and in the hospital.”
“There is nothing to do at this point. We are in touch with Suleman Minhas, our operations manager, who is at the hospital with Teru, and will coordinate whatever Teru needs.”
Front line photographer
“Teru is an incredible blessing to CAI. He is always willing to go anywhere, anytime. He has been 'on the front lines' in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and many more volatile places more than most western journalists. In November 2004, Teru was the the only 'non-imbedded' photographer, who was at the other side of U.S. military operation into Fallujah, Iraq, called Operation Vigilant Resolve with U.S. tank turrets pointed straight into his camera lens.”
Check Teru's work on his website (links section).
Greg Mortenson, director of the Bozeman-based non-profit Central Asia Institute (CAI), has spent about 70 months in the field since 1993, over the course of 35 trips to the region, building schools, particularly for girls, in mountain areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. As of 2007, he had built 64 schools which provide education to over 24,000 students, including 14,000 females.
He is one of the very few foreigners to have received the Sitar-e-Pakistan award since it was established in 1957, shortly after the country proclaimed its independency.
Mortenson is a regular contributor at ExplorersWeb, and co-author of the NYT best-seller “Three Cups of Tea.”
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