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Reporting Crew Gets Caught In Firestorm
« on: Oct 30th, 2003, 12:00pm » |
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http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2589194/detail.html
(This makes me angry - you too? While Chuck Henry was one of my fav onsite reporters, he and the others shouldn't take such dire chances with their lives.
Firefighters Rescue Team, Take Them To Safety
POSTED: 3:49 p.m. PST October 28, 2003
UPDATED: 7:53 p.m. PST October 28, 2003
SKY FOREST, Calif. -- An NBC4 reporting team experienced the fury of the firestorm up close and personal on Tuesday afternoon when an advancing wall of fire caught up with them suddenly.
Reporter Chuck Henry and cameraman Christopher Lee said they had just finished shooting a live shot for the newscast and were preparing to leave when the fire suddenly advanced on them.
The fire apparently consumed a house where they had been filming and then jumped the highway -- a move firefighters had not anticipated.
"We did not realize there was so much smoke. Chuck could not start the truck. The fire was on both sides of the way and it met right above us. ... We just had to leave and even then... I started to realize it's not just the fire, it's the smoke and the unbearable heat. Fortunately I had this heavy coat [refers to protective gear] otherwise I wouldn't be standing here talking to you," said Lee.
Firefighters in a pick-up rescued the duo and took them down the road to another NBC4 team. The news truck was left behind and presumably destroyed by the fire.
"They saved our lives. In the middle of the chaos I heard someone say, 'just jump in the truck.' I just barely made it into the truck," said Lee. "I still have my camera, I still have tape in the camera."
Henry and Lee, both visibly distraught, relayed their story to another NBC4 reporter Kyung Lah just minutes after the rescue. Henry was so overcome with emotion, that at one point, the seasoned reporter walked away from the camera.
"I gotta thank the firefighters. I was trying to get the truck started and I jumped out of the van and all I could see was flames. ... He grabbed me and he literally threw us in the back of his truck," said Henry.
"The truck is nothing. I have such empathy for these people who have lost their homes and their possessions. What we did was part of work... and we were watching this person's house, and they had tried their best to save it. I feel so badly for the people who lost their possessions."
Moments later, Henry located the firefigher and took the chance to learn his name and thank him. (When I saw the on TV, that firefighter didn't look too happy with Chuck.)
Then, there were a couple of small earthquakes. 
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2593713/detail.html
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