Millions would watch the boy’s surprised but calm face turn toward the camera. The pool of blood spreading behind him like an expanding halo. Then the boy’s face would go slack and the light would dim from his eyes, finally going out completely. The boy would join the group of murdered young people who became iconic figures of troubled times, like South Africa’s Hector Pieterson and Iran’s Neda Agha-Soltan. This child would become the Boy Who Died so the World Could See.
