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11 Sep 2010
Looking for the plane crash
It was a stormy Friday night. A spectator at a highschool football game saw a small airplane, illuminated by a flash of lightning. It was low and was headed straight down. Firefighters searched through the night, but it was not until after sunrise that the wreckage was found, in a marshy area near Florida's famous Inverrary golf course. The police wanted news people kept away. Firemen loaned me boots and a fireman's bunker coat. Into the swamp we trudged.
Rollei 35, Tri-X, D-76
11 Sep 2010
Soon we found it
Some parts were still identifiable, but most were not. The crash site was fairly compact.
Rollei 35, Tri-X, D-76
11 Sep 2010
It had come nearly straight down
Broken branches showed the path of the fatal flight.
Rollei 35, Tri-X, D-76
11 Sep 2010
There were four aboard, all teenagers
The pilot had gotten his license a short time before. He had taken the plane without permission, had loaded up three of his friends -- his best friend and their girlfriends -- and took off. They flew into a thunderstorm.
Rollei 35, Tri-X, D-76
11 Sep 2010
To get a good fire picture . . .
. . . sometimes you have to go inside the burning building.
Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1
11 Sep 2010
It makes more sense than you'd think
The house, already lost, was burning so hot that adjoining buildings were beginning to smoke.
Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1
11 Sep 2010
A photogenic fire
As firefighters regroup, sunlight filters through the smoke.
Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1
11 Sep 2010
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Firefighting in the dark
Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1
11 Sep 2010
Soon, that was gone, too
Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1
