It was March 9, and Ty Cacek had just climbed into the bed of a truck as it wove through the streets of Benghazi, Libya. Three weeks after the start of the popular uprising, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces were in the middle of a violent push to regain the rebel stronghold.
Columbia photojournalist makes transition from Rock Bridge to Libya
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 | 6:14 p.m. CDT;
updated 12:05 p.m. CDT, Thursday, May 5, 2011
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