The South Vietnam lost its Quang Tri Province on May 1st, 1972.
There was only one exit out of the bulge: the National Highway No. 1.
On this day, the ARVN fled the city and abandoned their posts.
Thousands of innocent people
who had also been abandoned
found their escape
in the same exiting line of soldiers.

Unfortunately, the Ben Da bridge in front of them
has been blown up.
And the Truong Phuoc bridge behind them
has also been knocked down.
Finally, countless amount of shells and mortars
exploded right on the civilians’ heads.

60 days later on July 1st,
I was one of the first two combat-photographers (with DKT)
to cross the Ben Da River
and witnessed too many stinking bodies
of children among adults;
some of them still have their arm around toys,
or holding their mothers shirts.
At the sad moment,
I called my editorial office in Saigon
and used the term "THE STREET OF HORROR"
to describe the horrible situation.




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