New York Post slammed for cover showing man about to die

The New York Post is being criticized for today's unsettling front cover, which literally shows the last moment of a man's life. [Click above to see the full picture.] The word "DOOMED" is printed over a picture of 58-year-old Ki Suk Han, who was killed after being pushed in front of a subway train by a panhandler. R. Umar Abbasi, a freelance photographer for the Post, saw the incident happen and "ran toward the train, repeatedly firing off his flash to warn the operator." If that's true, maybe the chilling picture wasn’t Abbasi's intent, but the Post's decision to run it has been called "sickening" and "gruesome." "Imagine how this man's family feels," Guardian sports editor Ian Prior tweeted. [Source]

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