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Picture of Joseph Taye, accused in the hit and run death of Delaware City Firefighter Michelle Smith. Chief Billy Goldfeder has been staying on top of this case and has new details about the get-away from the scene on Saturday night in New Castle County, DE. Click here. Read more about FF Smith. Funeral information for FF Michelle Smith.
Radio transmissions, 911 calls, raw video and more from River Road: STATter 911 has the initial radio traffic from the water rescues on River Road in Montgomery County, MD. You can also hear the 911 calls, see interviews and look at a timeline of the dramatic events from Tuesday morning. Click here.
Sometimes just a simple picture tells a story better than hours of video and pages of words. Click here to look at the work of Washington Post photographer Bill O’Leary on River Road. There are two pictures (numbers 4 & 6) of Lt. Pat Mitchell in action that tell you just about all you need to know.
Really, what can you say?: A homeowner in New Bedford, MA got rid of his snow, but almost took the house with it. The man used a home made blow torch in place of a shovel or snow blower. It wasn’t a good match for his vinyl siding. Watch the story.
Firefighter talks about building falling on him: More details from the collapse during a building fire in Friendship, NY. Click here.
It “scares children and rattles windows and nerves”: No we are not talking about my reporting, but rather a house siren for a Pennsylvania fire company. Read the details.
