Published also as: Freetown ambush : a reporter's year in Africa. Toronto, Ont., Canada ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin/Viking, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305).

I an Stewart has reported from some of the most dangerous places on earth, but none was more dangerous than West Africa's Sierra Leone. When armed rebels entered its besieged capital in 1999, Stewart and two of his Associated Press colleagues were ambushed while driving down the street on assignment. One of them was killed instantly, and Stewart was shot in the head. He had a 20 percent chance of surviving. Miraculously, he did. With frankness, Stewart tells the story of his own remarkable recovery as well as the extraordinary risks he and other journalists take to report the news from remote war-ravaged countries. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.