At that point, the man, who was still standing within a meter or two from the side of the lead tank, leapt in front of the vehicle once again and quickly re-established the man–tank standoff. The tank commander briefly emerged from his hatch, and the tanks restarted their engines, ready to continue on. After ending the conversation, the man descended from the tank. He then climbed atop the turret and seemed to have a short conversation with a crew member at the gunner's hatch. Having successfully brought the column to a halt, the man climbed onto the hull of the buttoned-up lead tank and, after briefly stopping at the driver's hatch, appeared in video footage of the incident to call into various ports in the tank's turret. There was a short pause with the man and the tanks having reached a quiet, still impasse.
After repeatedly attempting to go around, the lead tank stopped its engines, and the armored vehicles behind it followed suit. In response, the lead tank attempted to drive around the man, but the man repeatedly stepped into the path of the tank in a show of nonviolent action. As the tanks came to a stop, the man gestured towards the tanks with one of the bags. Stuart Franklin, who was on assignment for Time magazine, told the New York Times, "At some point, shots were fired and the tanks carried on down the road toward us, leaving Tiananmen Square behind, until blocked by a lone protester." He wore a white shirt and black trousers, and he held two shopping bags. "Tank Man" stood in the middle of the wide avenue, directly in the path of a column of approaching Type 59 tanks. The incident took place at the northeast edge of Tiananmen Square, along Chang'an Avenue, shortly after noon on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese government's violent crackdown on the Tiananmen protests. At least one witness has stated that Tank Man was not the only person to have blocked the tanks during the protest, but Tank Man is unique in that he is the only one who was photographed and recorded on video. There is no reliable information about the identity or fate of the man the story of what happened to the tank crew is also unknown. Inside China, the image and the accompanying events are subject to censorship. Internationally, it is considered one of the most iconic images of all time.
The incident was filmed and shared to a worldwide audience.
As the lead tank maneuvered to pass by the man, he repeatedly shifted his position in order to obstruct the tank's attempted path around him. Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname of an unidentified Chinese man who stood in front of a column of tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese government's violent crackdown on the Tiananmen protests. Iconic photo of him obstructing tanks during the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
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