ISRAEL: MOBILE PHONE TOMBSTONE ERECTED FOR TEENAGE CRASH VICTIM скачать в хорошем качестве

ISRAEL: MOBILE PHONE TOMBSTONE ERECTED FOR TEENAGE CRASH VICTIM

(13 Aug 1998) Hebrew/Nat The world has seen many monuments to the dead. Some grand, some humble. Perhaps it should be no surprise that in the telecommunications age, tombstones should mark the growing trend of talking on the phone. When 17-year-old Israeli Guy Akrish was killed in a car crash, his family wanted to build a monument that would highlight that which he held nearest and dearest -- his mobile phone. Amid a sea of stark white graves at the Ashkelon cemetery in southern Israel, is an oddity. It's the tombstone for Guy Akrish, a teenage Israeli who died in a car crash last month. Like many young Israelis, Akrish spent a lot of time talking on his mobile phone. Carved into the ear piece is the Hebrew inscription: "Hello, this is Guy - how are you doing?" Guy's family feels it's a fitting monument to his life -- an embodiment of his love of talking to those he held dear. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) "We decided to create the gravestone in the form of a mobile phone because Guy always talked on his mobile. On any given moment you could find him with the mobile, talking to all his friends. And at the funeral my father buried Guy with his mobile phone. That gave us the idea to create the gravestone in the shape of mobile phone." SUPER CAPTION: Diana Cohen, sister of Guy Akrish And while some may say it takes too much of a lighthearted attitude towards an untimely death, it's certainly drawing attention. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...