A Moving Gesture by a Dying Smoker

Below is the message written by the poster of this photo on flickr

Sean…. 지도 보기

이름이 없는 장소
에서 촬영
(여기에서 더 많은 사진 또는 비디오를 보기)

My step-father asked me to take this picture of him after he regained consciousness in CCU. He lost the fight with lung disease (Asbestosis, COPD, and Pnuemonia) Friday morning April 18, 2008.

On behalf of my family and me, I would like to thank my friends, family, contacts, strangers, Flickr, and everyone who sent this to a web site, or forwarded it to a smoker. Through responses we have received via comments and e-mails, we know the message was heard around the world. It brings tears of joy to our eyes to know that it was viewed more than 150,000 times, with the blessed result of helping some to decide to quit. Mere words can not express what that has meant to us, nor how the overwhelming response has touched our lives. I just want to hug each and every one of you. It is with a tear in my eye and love in my heart that I say THANK YOU!!!!!!