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Why James Foley is a hero to me… James Foley died a hero. From 2009 he was working in war torn area, with a high risk of death to ‘break the story’. This was not the first time he was taken prisoner , in 2011 he was detained in libya. This would not stop Jim however and he pushed on when he heard news of a conflict brewing in syria, and he was there when IS became a well known world problem… When the first wave a war-reporters came James Foley was already establishing contacts among the Syrian people. At the start he was cautious but he slowly got to know these oppressed people. He tried to tell the world of their problems and to educate people on what was happening in Syria. Then one fateful day he was pulled over by a Hyundai van driving

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