Alan Downes; Filmed Vietnam Napalm Victim

Alan Downes, 58, who along with still photographer Nick Ut captured the memorable scene of a screaming, naked girl fleeing a napalm attack in South Vietnam. Downes filmed for television 9-year-old Kim Phuc running with her clothes burned off. His film and the still photograph by Ut of Associated Press were used by media around the world, and Ut won a Pulitzer Prize. Downes and Ut saved the severely burned child’s life by getting her quickly to a hospital. Downes, who became chief cameraman for Britain’s Independent Television News, won several awards for his coverage of Vietnam, Eritrea and the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus. On Wednesday in London of brain cancer.