Nicholas Simmons, 20, of Greece, N.Y., warms himself on a steam grate with three homeless men by the Federal Trade Commission, just blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. (Photograph by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)
AP Television cameraman Dan Huff records while Associated Press photojournalist Jacquelyn Martin is interview about her cold weather feature photo of missing man Nicholas Simmons who was later reunited with his family after the photo ran in a local Gannett paper. (Photograph by Larry Downing)
WHNPA member and Associated Press photojournalist Jacquelyn Martin played a key role in the fortuitous reunion of a missing man and his family. Martin made a cold weather feature of a man resting near a steam vent with a group homeless in Washington, DC Saturday, January 4th. The man who only identified himself as Nick, was Rochester area man Nicholas Simmons, had been missing for several days from home. The photo, which ran in a [lightbox src=”http://54.85.141.172/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GLA627SDT.11.pdf”]USA Today insert[/lightbox], was ultimately seen by the Simmons family in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle who recognized their loved one. The Simmons family and friends spoke with Martin who helped direct the family to where Nicholas was last seen.
The story of Martin’s photo is cronicled in the AP Big Story. Martin can also be seen speaking about the story in a CBS News interview. For more stories please see links below:
WJLA
The Post-Standard
CNN
Huffington Post
The China Press
Minnesota Public Radio
