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1 | Slain Photojournalist Luke Somers’ Deep Connection to Jamaica | Ny Fifamatorana Lalimpàka Eo Amin'i Jamaika Sy Luke Somers Mpaka Sary Atao An-gazetin'ny Slain |
2 | Luke Somers in Yemen, wearing a TrenchTown Reading Centre T-shirt, shortly before being captured. | Luke Somers tao Yemen, mitafy ny T-shirt an'ny TrenchTown Reading Centre, taloha kelin'ny nisamborana azy. |
3 | Photo courtesy the TrenchTown Reading Centre, used with permission. | Sary natolotry ny TrenchTown Reading Centre, fampiasàna nahazoana alàlana. |
4 | As friends and colleagues mourn the late Luke Somers, the American photojournalist killed by al-Qaida in Yemen last week during a failed hostage rescue attempt by the United States, one tribute has come in from an unlikely region - the Caribbean. | Raha toa ireo namany sy mpiara-piasa aminy mbola eo am-pisaonana an'i Luke Somers, ilay Amerikana mpaka sary fanao an-gazety, maty novonoin'ny Al-Gaida tamin'ny herinandro lasa tao Yemen nandritry ny ezaka fanavotana tsy nahomby nataon'ny Etazonia, misy fanomezam-boninahitra iray tonga avy any amin'ny faritra tsy noeritreretina mihitsy - Karaiba. |
5 | Jamaica-based Petchary's Blog posted a warm and sensitive tribute to the man they knew, while acknowledging that South-African teacher Pierre Korkie was also killed by al-Qaida operatives during the raid. | Bilaogy iray any Jamaika, ny Petchary, no nandefa fanomezam-boninahitra mahafinaritra sy manohina ny fo ho an'ilay lehilahy fantatr'izy ireo, sady tsy nanadino fa maty novonoin'ny olon'ny Al-Qaida nandritra ilay bemidina ihany koa i Pierre Korkie, Afrikana Tatsimo mpampianatra. |
6 | The blogger remembered Somers fondly: | Avy any amin'ny atifanahiny no nahatsiarovan'ilay bilaogera an'i Somers : |
7 | We in Jamaica knew Luke Somers. | Nahalàla an'i Luke Somers izahay aty Jamaika. |
8 | He was a volunteer at the Trench Town Reading Centre in the summer of 2010. | Mpirotsaka an-tsitrapo tao amin'ny Trench Town Reading Centre izy tamin'ny lohataonan'ny 2010. |
9 | He took over the Grade Three class at the Centre and focused on teaching them creative writing. | Izy no nitàna ny lakilasin'ireo Taona Fahatelo tao amin'ilay Akany ary nifantoka tamin'ny fampianarana azy ireo ny fomba fanoratra misy asa famoronana. |
10 | The children loved him (especially the boys, who thought he was cool). | Tia azy ny ankizy (indrindra fa ny ankizilahy kely izay nihevitra fa lehilahy tsotra fanahy izy). |
11 | The community loved him; he embraced them and they embraced him back. | Tia azy ny fiarahamonina; namihina azy ireny izy ary dia mba nofihinin'izy ireo koa avy eo. |
12 | Luke Somers with a class at Jamaica's TremchTown Reading Centre. | Luke Somers niaraka taminà kilasy iray tao amin'ny TremchTown Reading Centre tao Jamaika. |
13 | Photo courtesy the centre, used with permission. | Sary natolotry ny akany. |
14 | Somers, much like he did in Yemen, connected deeply with the people he met in Jamaica. | Somers, tahaka izay betsaka efa nataony tao Yemen, dia nifamatotra lalina tamin'ny mponina izay nifanerasera taminy tao Jamaika. |
15 | He kept in touch with the Trench Town Reading Centre's director, Roslyn Ellison, but despite his best intentions, did not return to Jamaica before his posting to Yemen. | Nifandray tsy tapaka tamin'i Roslyn Ellison talen'ny Trench Town Reading Centre izy, saingy na teo aza ny faniriany, tsy niverina tany Jamaika izy talohan'ny nanendrena azy ho any Yemen. |
16 | The post continued: | Nanohy ilay lahatsoratra hoe : |
17 | Needless to say, the community of First Street is grieving […] Luke was kind and generous. | Tsy ilaina ny ilazàna fa hoe misaona ny vondrom-piarahamonina ao amin'ny “First Street” […] Sady nahafinaritra no nalàla-tànana i Luke. |
18 | Everyone loved him. | Tia azy ny olona rehetra. |
19 | What more is there to say? | Inona indray no mbola hanampiana an'izay? |
20 | Somers taking a lunch break with some of the kids from the TrenchTown Reading Centre. | Somers niara-nandray ny sakafo antoandrony tamin'ireo mpianatra sasany tao amin'ny TrenchTown Reading Centre. |
21 | Photo courtesy the centre, used with permission. | Sary natolotry nu akany, ary nahazoana alàlana. |
22 | Condolences and tributes also poured in on the Trench Town Reading Centre's Facebook page. | Niraraka ihany koa ny fanehoana fiaraha-miory sy ny fanomezam-boninahitra tao amin'ny pejy Facebook an'ny Trench Town Reading Centre. |
23 | The centre's director, Roslyn Ellison, in remembering Somers, said via email: | Ny talen'ny akany, Roslyn Ellison, ho fahatsiarovana an'i Somers, dia niteny tao anaty mailaka hoe : |
24 | [His] death was a very sad loss for us all [in] Jamaica. | Nampalahelo tokoa ho antsika rehetra [aty Jamaika] ny fahafatesa[ny]. |
25 | He was a wonderful, caring young man of action. | Tovolahy tia miasa sy mikarakara ary nahafinaritra izy. |
26 | Luke visited several times and volunteered at the TrenchTown Reading Centre, on First Street, during the summer of 2010. | Imbetsaka izy no nitsidika sy nanao asa an-.tsitrapo ho an'ny TrenchTown Reading Centre, tao amin'ny “First Street”, nandritry ny lohataonan'ny 2010. |
27 | He helped bring our Summer School to life. | Nanampy anay nanome aina ny Sekolin-Dohataona izy. |
28 | Luke chose to live in the community, on the same street as the centre, rather than coming and going from this challenged inner city area. | Nisafidy ny hiaina tao anatin'ilay fiarahamonina izay tsy aiza fa teo amin'ny arabe misy ny akany ihany i Luke, fa tsy nivezivezy nankany afovoan-tanàna nahabe resaka tany. |
29 | [He] quickly became an integral part of life in the area and was fully engaged with the children and people. | Vetivety [izy] dia tafiditra tanteraka ho isan'ny mpiaina tao amin'ilay faritra ary dia nirotsaka feno sy nitankosona tamin'ireo ankizy sy ny vahoaka. |
30 | Everyone is terribly upset and shocked. | Tezitra sy tohina ny olona. |
31 | Trench Town has a global perception of being an incredibly violent place. | Toerana raisin'ny maro ho malaza amin'ny herisetra i Trench Town. |
32 | Yet the people there are very distressed that such a thing could happen to someone they know. | Kanefa tsy zakan'ny olona any ny hoe olona fantany no niharan-javatra tahaka izany. |
33 | We were looking forward to seeing him again as he planned to return. | Mbola niandrandra ny hahita azy indray izahay satria efa naminavina ny hiverina izy. |
34 | Sadly this is not to be. | Saingy indrisy, tsy hisy izany. |
35 | Luke's life was short but he lived to the fullest and contributed much. | Fohy no niainan'i Luke saingy niaina ny fahafenoana tanteraka sy nandray anjara betsaka izy. |
36 | Owen Blakka Ellis, who also knew Somers, posted: | Owen Blakka Ellis, izay nahalàla ihany koa an'i Somers, nanoratra hoe : |
37 | Rest in Peace and Rise in Power Luke! | Mandria am-piadanana ary misondràta amin-kery ry Luke! |
38 | Your spirit and your good works live on. | Hitohy ho velona hatrany ny fanahinao sy ireo asa tsara nataonao. |
39 | Luke Somers will be remembered as a “wonderfully kind young man” whose work touched people in ways that cannot be measured. | Ho toy ny “tovolahy iray mahafinaritra sy maha-te ho tia” no hahatsiarovana an'i Luke Somers izay, tamin'ny fomba tsy hita hofaritana, nandona ny fon'ny olona tokoa ny asa nataony. |