Woman Is Burned Alive in an Elevator in Brooklyn

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/nyregion/woman-burned-alive-in-brooklyn-elevator.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB

Recently, on December 17, 2011, a woman was burned alive in an elevator in Brooklyn. According to the article, a man in his 40s sprayed a woman in her 60s in an elevator with a type of liquid, thought to be an accelerant. He first cornered his victim and then ignites a molotov cocktail, a wine bottle with accelerant and a rag stuffed in its neck and retreats, then comes back to spray more accelerant on the woman. The victim, Doris Gillespie, a postal worker, was pronounced dead at the scene. The man has serious burn wounds on his hand and face, so the police began to search nearby hospitals. He has yet to be found, and police are still on the investigation.
The author of this article are Sarah Maslin Nir and Al baker. Though Sarah was not referenced, Al Baker has written over 2000 articles for the NYT, which proves his credibility. The ethos of the article was also much improved due to the photo and the first hand accounts of neighbors and pictures and testimonies as well. The context of this argument is the event, and the article seeks to explain what the current situation is and how everything occurred. The structure of the article starts with the picture, and describing what is happening in the picture. Then, it delves into exactly what happened, what is occurring now, and then ends with testimonies who knew the victim. pathos was also addressed in a way due to the use of personal testimonials, and by describing their emotions and reactions, as well as their own depiction of the event, the reader may gain sympathy for the testimonial givers, or anger towards the one who did wrong to the old postal worker who was burned alive. Hopefully, the man will get arrested and justice be done to him.