'Restrepo' director killed in Libya

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>>> two journalists including a well known war photographer who was nominated for an academy award for his document about the war in afghanistan have been killed working in libya in the city of misratah which has been under assault for weeks. tim hetherington was just 41 years old, best known for his film "restrepo" which he made with sebastian younger last fall. on morning joe , he talked about the war and the work of covering it.

>>> really, it's take a group of young men, train them together, put them on the side of the mountain, and they'll kill and be killed for each other. we cover because it's important to go to these places and bring back what we don't often see in the states.

>> tim hetherington appearing on nbc. he was killed by a rocket propelled grenade that also killed another photographer working with him, chris handros of the getty photo agency .

'Restrepo' director killed in Libya

Tim Hetherington, photographer and Oscar-nominated director of "Restrepo," was killed while on assignment in besieged Misrata. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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