BBC’s Frank Gardner attacked

This hit surprisingly close to home: The BBC reports their correspondent Frank Gardner, along with a cameramen who sadly did not survive the incident, was shot at in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is now in intensive care. link

I’ve been following Gardner’s coverage over the last several years, so it was the first time that a journalist was attacked that I actually knew. Scary world out there. Being a member of the press does not seem to protect you from anything anymore, it actually seems to make you a target. (Don’t worry, Mom, I have no intention to go to Saudi Arabia in the near future.)