The thing about this photo that always gets me is, when the cropped version was first shown, it was “Man Stops Tank.”
But the uncropped version shows the tanks *didn’t want to go around him*. They easily could have.
Not to take anything away from his bravery but the soldiers in the tanks made the conscious decision to NOT move forward.
It’s a remarkable scene for many reasons. https://mastodon.social/@Miriamm/110134849406553625
@KingShawn It would be fascinating to learn what the lead tank driver was thinking. He steered out of his way to come head-to-head with the protestor, but then stopped. Everybody behind him could have just been following him, but he went out of his way to force the confrontation, but then stopped.
I've always wondered why. Why both.
It *is* remarkable!
@pwinn Agreed. We’ll never know who the Tank Man was and we’ll never know what the driver(s) were thinking or ordered to do or not to do. I bet it’s a fascinating story.