OC Convoy on Its Way to Meet with Family of Slain Syria Journalist
Two vans, 12 passengers and “Free Syria” logos painted on the side of each vehicle. Those are the basics of the cross-country “Marie Colvin convoy,” which departed Anaheim yesterday for New York City.
The group expects their caravan to have grown much larger by the time they arrive in Manhattan for a possible meeting with UN officials and later, in DC, a protest near the White House. But first, per Eric Carpenter’s article in the Orange County Register, there will be a critical, namesake stop at the New York area home of slain journalist Colvin:
Colvin, 56, was an American journalist for the (London) Sunday Times, who died last month while covering the Syrian conflict.
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