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...journalists arrived at the zone, driving around uneventfully for more than an hour Suddenly, most of the other cars in the street sped up considerably and started passing the cab in an effort to evacuate the area. Reed glanced up and saw soldiers on top of a nearby hill He sensed trouble and ordered the driver to catch up to the rest of the traffic...
Half a minute later, seven shots were fired at the car from a high vantage point somewhere to the rear. Recounting the incident a year later. Reed says he crouched under the dashboard of the Datsun for the next block, as the driver weaved through traffic at 50 miles per hour...
...Reed, who at 36 is now taking a year-long sabbatical from journalism as one of Harvard's Nileman fellows, is no stranger to dangerous situations. His journey to El Salvador was part of a more extensive three-month trip he took with six other Examiner journalists through Central America last year. He also covered the Liberty riots in Miami. He spent time in San Francisco's "Pink Place" housing project for a series of photo essays which finished second in last year's Pulitzer Prize ballotting...
...When you live on the edge, it doesn't mean taking foolhardy chances." Reed says, explaining confidently how he takes the danger in stride. "You have to use your instincts. At times, it felt like I'd toss a coin and decide. 'To hell with it, just go ahead...
...Reed grew up in a poor family in the industrial city of Perth Amboy. N.J. As early as the age of 13, he says, he wanted to be a photographer--a desire documented in his eighth-grade yearbook. He took no photography courses in high school, however, and he began his formal training from a Newark art school only after his graduation...