[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

A car driven by an alleged drunken driver plowed into a bicycle race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday, killing one cyclist and injuring 10 others.

Juan Campos was apparently drunk and had fallen asleep at the wheel before crashing into the race in Monterrey, Mexico, police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362147,00.html

How does this happen?

[Sly Fox]

I'm guessing the web guys at Fox News are confused over where this occurred. I'm getting that it was in Matamoros (just across the river from Brownsville and near Scar's South Padre Island getaway locale) and not Monterrey which is a couple of hours away by car. If it was in Matamoros then most of the riders may have been from Texas.

[JDUB]

i don't know but that is an awesome picture

[SuperJon]

i don't know but that is an awesome picture

That's a picture of someone dying.

[thepostman]

i don't know but that is an awesome picture

That's a picture of someone dying.

i thought it was an awesome picture too...then i realized how desensitized i have become....its sad really

[coolhandluke]

i don't know but that is an awesome picture

That's a picture of someone dying.

i thought it was an awesome picture too...then i realized how desensitized i have become....its sad really

yeah, its sad. But you have to appreciate the camera work. Talk about an action shot!

[JDUB]

i meant from a photography standpoint. obviously its not awesome b/c people died

[ATrain]

Yes, I remember this debate in my COMS ethics class...more specifically, there were photos of a woman falling to her death that the Boston Globe ran. The Globe took a lot of criticism over it, but the photographer won an award I think. Though before we found all that out, we had to act like editors and make the decision whether or not we'd run the photos. We were also asked questions about whether we should photograph someone being rescued in a flood, screaming to stop taking pictures, yet being out of the way of the rescue workers, would we continue shooting? These are the type of issues that writers, photographers (or, with the convergence of media, writer/photagrapher) and editors face everyday.

Yes, JDUB, I agree with you from a photography standpoint.

[SuperJon]

i meant from a photography standpoint. obviously its not awesome b/c people died

I wasn't saying you shouldn't think it was awesome because someone died. I was just pointing out that as great of a picture was, it's obviously of someone dying, which makes it a little weird.

[LUconn]

yeah, are you gonna tell me this is not an awesome picture?



It's tragic but awesome.

[SuperJon]

Exactly. It's just semi-weird when you stop and think about it.

[RubberMallet]

wasn't there some dude who offed himself after he won an award for taking pictures of dying children in africa?

[adam42381]

yeah, are you gonna tell me this is not an awesome picture?



It's tragic but awesome.

Made a nice cover for a great album too.

[4everfsu]

I am glad you guys see the beauty in such photos

[SuperJon]

I am glad you guys see the beauty in such photos

Is that sarcastic saying we shouldn't think they are great photos or is that legit? Sorry, couldn't tell.

[4everfsu]

I don't think the photos are beautiful, or awesome, period. I see no beauty in death.

[flamesbball84]

i find beauty in death and suffering.

[coolhandluke]

i find beauty in death and suffering.

Without suffering there would be no such thing as compassion.

[flamesbball84]

i find beauty in death and suffering.

Without suffering there would be no such thing as compassion.

some of the most talented musicians in rock did their best stuff amidst much suffering - Ian Curtis from Joy Division and Kurt Cobain come to mind. Suffering seems to have a way of inspiring some people to do some incredible things.