Ten years ago today I covered one of the more emotionally difficult assignmets as a photojournalist.
I’ve shot a lot of funerals during my time as a newspaper photographer. They are never an enjoyable assignment.
It’s not enough for me that these two heros died trying to save a life. That is difficult enough to deal with. But one of the guys, Kenny, I knew. He was always nice to me at scenes I had to cover. But even more than that I worked with Kenny’s wife Melissa. She’s a great person and fun to be around.
The personal connection made it even harder.
These guys were true heros and I think about them and their families often. Hard to belive it’s been ten years.
