goebel posts correspond that james foley has been in afghanistan, in libya, in a lot of different hot spots. he believes it is important to be right on the front lines to be able to report back exactly what is happening. but on april 5th, that almost cost him his life. >> but for the grace of god, he wouldn't be here to tell his story. he was on the front lines in brega, libya with three other journalists when forces loyal to gadhafi began shooting at them. >> this was soldiers getting out of the trucks, walking towards you, and shooting directly at you. bullets stream overhead. >> reporter: foley's friend, south african photographer anton hammerill was hit and lay dying. >> he said help, help. i said anton, are you okay? he said no. and more bullets came in. and i called out to him again. and there was no response. it's unreal, you know. why -- why him and not me? i was maybe 20 meter away from him.
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