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remembering aaron swartz
On the evening of January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment by his partner, Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman. Hard to believe it has been 2 years since his departure. Arron Swartz day is celebrated every year on his birthday November 8th.
Why They Mattered: Aaron Swartz
The inside story of Aaron Swartz
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james wright “jim” foley
James Wright “Jim” Foley (October 18, 1973 – c. August 19, 2014) was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, in northwestern Syria. He was beheaded in August 2014 as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, IS).