Thi Kim Phuc Phan
During the Vietnam war, on June 8th 1972, a little girl made world news
while escaping her Vietnamese village which has been bombed with
napalm. Nine-year old Kim was so badly burned by napalm that she was
not expected to survive, but after 14 months in a Saigon hospital, she
returned to her village to begin rebuilding her life. After numeral
operations, she move to Cuba to pursue her education. There, she met a
young Vietnamese student who later became her husband. After the
traumatic event of June 1972, she publicly pardoned the person who had
launched the napalm bombing in her village in Vietman. Ever since, she
has dedicated her life to promoting peace. She founded the Kim Phuc
Phan Thi Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1977. She demanded
political asylum for herself and her Vietnamese husband in Canada,
where they got married in 1992. Mr and Mrs. Thi still live there,
alongside their 2 children; Thomas and Stephen.
