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After a gunfight in a Hays, Kansas, saloon in 1873, two soldiers lie dead.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

Marcy Borders — a Bank of America worker photographed fleeing the World Trade Center when it was attacked — had been suffering from stomach cancer for a year.

July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

His picture, honored with a Pulitzer, showed Elian Gonzalez of Cuba being seized in a Miami home in 2000 amid an international custody fight.

July 22, 1975 — "Fire on Marlborough Street"

This harrowing picture was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for spot news photography and depicts two people, 19-year-old Diana Bryant and her 2-year-old goddaughter, Tiare Jones, falling from the collapsed fire escape of a burning apartment in Boston. Bryant died as a result of injuries sustained during the fall, but the young child lived.

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