纪念33岁的皮特·里德，一名在乌克兰牺牲的前线人道主义医务人员

![](/media/202412//1733466208.3630888.png)记得33岁的皮特

![](/media/202412//1733466208.3728004.png)里德是一线人道主义者 一名医生在乌克兰被杀

皮特 ·里德，前美国人。海军陆战队员变成了前线的人道主义医生 本月在治疗伤员时被俄罗斯导弹击中身亡

巴克穆特的乌克兰平民。我们听到了那些认识他的人的消息。 阿尔萨昌，主机：

皮特 ·里德是一名人道主义援助工作者，前美国人。海员 在阿富汗服役。他也是成千上万失败的人之一

他们在乌克兰的生活是世界所关注的一年来的标志

俄罗斯将于2月24日进行全面入侵。里德成立了一个叫做 全球反应医学，为平民提供救生急救

冲突地区的前线。2016年，里德向a

福克斯新闻记者在伊拉克摩苏尔报道。

（存档录音录音）

皮特 ·里德：说到底，他们都只是人。我们只是在尝试 为了让更多的人回家，多住一些孩子。

张：而这正是里德在乌克兰所做的事情

就在几个星期前，他被一枚俄罗斯导弹炸死。

他就在这里，正如一些认识他和爱他的人所描述的那样。

亚历克斯 ·波特：我叫亚历克斯 ·波特，皮特 ·里德是我的丈夫。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

波特：2016年，我们在伊拉克的摩苏尔会面。我去了那里

请记者来报道这场战斗。但当我到达那里的时候，那里却很少

一线创伤治疗正在进行中，除了这一小群人 人民，它是由皮特领导的。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

波特：我们并不提前认识对方，但我是脸书

我给他发了几条信息， 问我能否加入。我曾治疗过这些创伤 在整个战斗中和他一起稳定，我们花了一个

一起在球场上的一周，然后他就像，我爱上了

你我就想，哦，我的上帝（笑声） 。那是快速的。这是相互的 而且非常非常快。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

波特：我以为是两周的旅行变成了

全年在伊拉克，一起治疗病人，我们只是

完美的彼此。甚至在我认识他之前，我就听说了 从其他人看来，他总是有一颗非常巨大的心。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

ANDREW LUSTIG： Pete是一个花了不少钱的人

他在这个星球上的33年里，大部分时间都是在帮助别人

阿富汗为海军陆战队，不久之后成为人道主义者 医疗提供者作为一名护理人员。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

LUSTIG：我是安德鲁 ·鲁斯蒂格，全球外展组织的总裁和创始人 医生。大约七年前，我遇到了皮特 ·里德。我们合作了

伊拉克摩苏尔战役，我们一直保持联系。皮特是 那种真的很有组织的人，他是一个非常像

合作者，这意味着他也参与了其他非政府组织和其他行动者

在该地区。我知道皮特是这个乌克兰国家的合适人选 全球外展医生部主任。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

波特：当我回顾我们的信息时，他非常高兴

很高兴能走过去。他说的其中一件事是，我很兴奋 来再次证明我的价值。我试着成为，你知道，你是 值得做所有这些事情，但我不知道他是否相信。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

LUSTIG：皮特还活着的那一天的开始——给我一个 分钟

马克斯：我叫麦克斯，我从第一天开始就和皮特 ·里德一起工作 当他到达乌克兰的顿巴斯时。所以在一切都发生的那天

发生了，错了，我们开车去

Bakhmut早上。我和皮特在车里，他 让我放点音乐。

（歌曲的配乐，《所有的小事》 ） （歌唱）夜晚将继续，我的小风车。

麦克斯：我打开了一些古老的流行朋克乐队， 比如Blink182。 （歌曲的配乐，《所有的小事》）

（（唱歌）保持头脑清醒。我将是你的刺激。夜 会继续下去...

麦克斯：我们只是喜欢在寒冷的唐巴斯早上开车。这是 令人惊奇的

（眨眼182年的录音片段，“所有的小事 ”）

LUSTIG：皮特活着的第一天开始

距离巴赫穆特45分钟的市长，准备

建立重症监护点。一辆军用车开过来尖叫，我们

需要医务人员。我们需要医务人员。就在那时，皮特带领他的团队 巴赫穆特河皮特参与了照顾和营救一名老妇人的工作，

就在那时，他的车，一辆救护车 目标，皮特失去了他的生命。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

麦克斯：对我来说，作为一个乌克兰人，皮特 ·里德来这里做的事情 乌克兰将帮助乌克兰争取自由和独立

是最令人钦佩的事情。但尤其是知道他的背景-

他经历了几场战争，但他还是选择了 来这里，去前线最热的地方吧。这是 值得我钦佩的事情。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

波特：说实话，我现在只是感觉很麻木了。我的 交感神经系统已经超速运转了六天，直到我

可以去找他。我只知道这看起来像是个可怕的死亡

是但这是立即发生的，老实说，他死在做他所爱的事上。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

波特：他只是一个我能发誓吗？那很好吗（笑） ？他 他真是个该棒的人。我非常非常爱他。

他确实是我作为一个丈夫的一生中最耀眼的光芒

还有一个人和我最好的朋友和冒险伙伴。他是最好的。

(对达斯汀 ·奥哈洛伦的“一个结尾，A 开始 ”)

张：这些都是皮特 ·里德的遗孀亚历克斯 ·波特的声音；

安德鲁 ·鲁斯蒂格，和他一起工作；还有里德的乌克兰同事

马克斯，他的全名被隐瞒了。皮特 ·里德33岁 他本月在乌克兰被俄罗斯的激光杀死

导向飞弹独立的视频分析已经提出了这个目标 里德的救护人员是故意的，可以被认为是一个 潜在的战争犯罪。

这个故事是由马特 ·奥祖格和奎尔 ·劳伦斯制作的。

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Remembering 33-year-old Pete Reed, a frontline humanitarian medic killed in Ukraine

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Pete Reed, a former U.S. Marine turned frontline humanitarian medic was killed by a Russian missile this month while treating wounded

Ukrainian civilians in Bakhmut. We hear from those who knew him.

AILSA CHANG, HOST:

Pete Reed was a humanitarian aid worker and former U.S. Marine who served in Afghanistan. He's also one of the many thousands who lost

their lives in Ukraine as the world notes the one-year mark since

Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24. Reed founded a group called Global Response Medicine, which gave lifesaving first aid to civilians on the frontlines of conflict zones. In 2016, Reed described his work to a Fox News reporter in Mosul, Iraq.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

PETE REED: To the end of the day, they're just people. We're just trying to make it so a few more people come home, a few more kids live.

CHANG: And that is exactly what Reed was doing in Ukraine this

month, just a few weeks ago, when he was killed by a Russian missile.

Here he is, as described by some of the people who knew and loved him. ALEX POTTER: My name is Alex Potter, and Pete Reed was my husband.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

POTTER: So we met in Iraq - in Mosul - in 2016.I went over there as a journalist to cover the battle. But when I got there, there was very little front-line trauma care going on except by this one small group of

people,which was headed up by Pete.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

POTTER: We didn't know each other ahead of time, but I Facebook

messaged him and asked if I could join. I worked at these trauma

stabilization points with him throughout the battle, and we spent one week in the field together, and then he was just like, I'm in love with

you. And I was like, oh, my God (laughter). That was fast. It was mutual and very, very quick.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

POTTER: What I thought was going to be a two-week trip turned into the whole year in Iraq, treating patients together, and we were just

perfect for each other. Even before I knew him, from what I've heard from other people, he always had a really huge heart.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

ANDREW LUSTIG: Pete is somebody that has spent, you know, the majority of his 33 years on the planet helping other people - first in Afghanistan for the Marines and then soon after as a humanitarian medical provider as a paramedic.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

LUSTIG: I'm Andrew Lustig, president and founder of Global Outreach Doctors. I met Pete Reed about seven years ago. We had collaborated in the Battle of Mosul in Iraq, and we've been in touch ever since. Pete is the kind of guy that is really organized, and he's very much a

collaborator, which means that he engages other NGOs and other actors in the region. Iknew Pete was the right man for the Ukraine country

director for Global Outreach Doctors.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

POTTER: When I was looking back through our messages, he was very happy to be going over. And one of the things that he said is, I'm excited to prove my worth again. And I tried to be, like, you know, you are

worthy of all these things, but I don't know if he believed it.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A

BEGINNING")

LUSTIG: The beginning of the daywhen Pete was alive -give me a minute.

MAX: My name is Max, and I worked from the first day with Pete Reed when he arrived to Donbas, Ukraine. So on the daywhen everything happened and went wrong - awfully wrong - we were driving to

Bakhmut in the morning. And I was in the vehicle with Pete, and he asked me to put some music.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALL THE SMALL THINGS")

BLINK-182: (Singing) The night will go on, my little windmill.

MAX: I turned on some good-old pop-punk bands like Blink-182.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALL THE SMALL THINGS")

BLINK-182: (Singing) Keep your head still. I'll be your thrill. The night will go on...

MAX: We just loved driving through cold, Donbas morning. It was amazing.

(SOUNDBITE OF BLINK-182'S, "ALL THE SMALL THINGS")

LUSTIG: The first -the beginning of the daywhen Pete was alive started with meeting a mayor about 45 minutes from Bakhmut, getting ready to set up critical care points. A military vehicle drove up and screamed, we

need medics. We need medics. And at that point, Pete led his team to

Bakhmut. Pete was involved in the care and rescue of an elderly woman, and it's at that point, when his vehicle - an ambulance of sort - was

targeted, that Pete lost his life.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

MAX: For me, as a Ukrainian, the thing that Pete Reed came here to

Ukraine to help Ukraine with its struggle for freedom and independence is the most admirable thing. But especially knowing his background -

that he went through several wars -but still, nevertheless, he chose to come here and to go to the hottest spot on the frontline. This is the thing to admire for me.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

POTTER: I'm just feeling very numb right now, honestly. My

sympathetic nervous system was in overdrive for, like, six days until I could go get him. I just know that it seems like a horrific death, and it was. But it was immediate, and he died doing what he loved, honestly.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

POTTER: He was just a - can I swear on-air? Is that fine (laughter)? He was just a really f***ing incredible person. Like,I loved him so, so much. And he was the -truly, like, the brightest light in my life as a husband

and a person and my best friend and adventure buddy. He was the best.

(SOUNDBITE OF DUSTIN O'HALLORAN'S "AN ENDING, A BEGINNING")

CHANG: Those were the voices of Alex Potter, Pete Reed's widow;

Andrew Lustig, who worked with him; and Reed's Ukrainian colleague Max, whose full name is being withheld for his safety. Pete Reed was 33 years old when he was killed in Ukraine this month by a Russian laser- guided missile. Independent video analysis has suggested the targeting of Reed's ambulance crew was intentional and could be considered a

potential war crime.

This story was produced by Matt Ozug and Quil Lawrence. (SOUNDBITE OF STORMZY'S, "FIRE + WATER")

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