And that what is it the brown bear thingo (I can't remember what that thing's called) but the man in the picture originally was standing in front of army tanks. Did the guy die though? The tank tried moving around him several times and just gave up and ran over him? Isn't that what happened?
The fact is, no one ever knows what happened. Thats part of what makes him such a great moment (and photo oppertunity) in all of history.