How two women, one photo stirred national debate By Hal Bernton and Ray Rivera, Seattle Times
Silicio decided she wanted to see the image in print. And she hoped that a respectful presentation of the photo and story would minimize the risk to a job she very much wanted to keep.
'The picture is about them, not me, about how they served their country, paid the price for our freedom, and the respect they receive on their way home from our military personnel at our air terminal,' she wrote in an April 16 e-mail to The Times.
The Times ran her photo under the headline, 'The somber task of honoring the fallen,' accompanied by a story in which Silicio describes the care demonstrated by military and civilian workers in bringing home the war dead. The Times did not pay Silicio for the photo.