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Remember the Responders

December 20, 2012

In the wake of last week’s deadly shootings at Sandy Hill Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the nation is mourning the victims: six teachers, 20 children and the mother of the shooter. Here, we also remember the telecommunicators who took the calls for help and the emergency personnel who responded to the scene.

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Engulfed in an Instant

June 18, 2012

The calm afternoon and the lives of those living in the retirement community of Mayfair Mews in Virginia Beach were forever changed just after noon on April 6. It was at that moment when a U.S. Navy F/A-18 jet with a student pilot and trainer on board experienced serious engine failure from nearby Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana and plunged to the ground, crash landing into the buildings and courtyard of an apartment complex. Instantly, several buildings were engulfed in flames fed by jet fuel. The dark black plumes of thick smoke could be seen miles away.

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