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    Contest facts
    • Year 1985
    • Photographer Frank Fournier
    • Nationality France
    • Organization / Publication Contact Press Images
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 16-11-1985
    • Country Colombia
    • Place Armero
    • Caption Omaira Sanchez (12) is trapped in the debris caused by the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz volcano. After sixty hours she eventually lost consciousness and died of a heart attack.
    • Year 1985
    • Photographer Anthony Suau
    • Nationality USA
    • Organization / Publication National Geographic / Black Star
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 2nd prize
    • Date 00-11-1985
    • Country Colombia
    • Place Armero
    • Caption The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz volcano caused a massive avalanche of mud. Residents were notified not to be alarmed, but within minutes the town virtually disappeared and over 23,000 died. www.archive.anthonysuau.com
    • Year 1985
    • Photographer Jorge Eliecer Parga Salcedo
    • Nationality Colombia
    • Organization / Publication Sipa Press / El Tiempo
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize 3rd prize
    • Date 00-11-1985
    • Country Colombia
    • Place Armero
    • Caption Guillermo Cardozo is rescued after volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted on November 13, wiping Armero off the map and killing 23,000. Spotted from a helicopter by a reporter, the exhausted boy was pulled out of the mud.
    • Year 1985
    • Photographer Felipe Caicedo Chacón
    • Nationality Colombia
    • Organization / Publication Colprensa
    • Category Spot News stories
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 13-11-1985
    • Country Colombia
    • Place Armero
    • Caption Luz Ensueño is rescued from the mud, some hours after volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted. The eruption caused a massive avalanche of mud, wiping Armero off the map and killing 23,000.
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