Pulitzer-prize winning photog foils bank robbery

[April 20, 2010]  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A former globe-trotting photographer from California who won a Pulitzer Prize has added a new adventure to his resume -- crime fighter.

Kim Komenich, who now teaches at San Jose State University, was at a Wells Fargo bank in San Jose on Monday when he saw a teller being robbed.

San Jose police say the 53-year-old -- who is 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 260 pounds -- grabbed the man in a bear hug and held him for five minutes until officers arrived.

Komenich was a photographer for the San Francisco Examiner when he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 covering the revolution that toppled Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos.

He later worked for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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