thich quang duc

• olayın tanığı amerikalı gazeteci yazar david halberstam'ın ölümüyle ilgili yazdıkları:
  
  "i was to see that sight again, but once was enough. flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. in the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. behind me i could hear the sobbing of the vietnamese who were now gathering. i was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think... as he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him."