A pillar of smoke rose above an area near the headquarters for the U.S. Naval Support Activity base in Bahrain, the visible result of a missile likely flung from Iran in retaliation for the nascent war.
Stars and Stripes reporter Shannon Renfroe, based in nearby Manama, Bahrain’s capital, heard the explosion. She ran for the roof of her apartment.
“Window cleaners were working that day, rigged at the top of the building. I asked one of them how to get higher, and he led me up,” she related in an email. “When the Hilton blocked my sightline, I went over there and talked my way onto their roof as well.”
That’s how she captured the striking image, which attracted more than 1.5 million views on Instagram, an indication of not only high interest in the effects of the war, but also the value of intrepid Stripes’ journalists.
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