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NEWS STORY
(Circulation less than 100,000)
FIRST PLACE:
“Hanging onto life: 75-plus emergency workers fight
odds to save 5 teenagers ”
“The accident triggered the largest gorge rescue in
county history, knitting some 75 emergency workers (mainly fire
fighters). After 2 hours and 55 minutes of difficult and dangerous
effort, they brought all five survivors safely from the gorge…Some have
been around a long time. Yet, we’ve never seen a team effort like this…
People were just going to get them out, period. It was amazing.”
The article is reconstructed from fire fighter’s
recollections of a rescue operation to save five teenagers from the Sand
Bank Gorge in Ithaca, New York. It features interviews of the fire
fighters and paramedics who saved the teenagers, as well as gratitude
for the rescue workers. The two-part article is gripping, comprehensive
and keeps readers’ attention. It portrays the professional and dangerous
work of fire fighters and emergency personnel in the best light.
The Ithaca Journal
Stories by: B. J. Phillips
Submitted by: Ithaca, NY Local 737
SECOND PLACE:
“Assembly OKs bill to help firefighters with cancer”
This compelling article discusses the life of a Nevada
fire fighter who has put a name and face to Assembly Bill 451. The Bill
clarifies an existing state law that certain cancers are occupational
diseases for professional fire fighters.
But the 39-year-old fire fighter soon realizes that the
bill won’t help him fight against an insurance company or the ultimate
battle for his life. This article offers a glimpse into the lives of
those who have become cancer victims while trying to do their jobs. It
strongly appeals to the senses and brings out the battle of emotions
with political realities.
Las Vegas Sun
Story by: Erin Neff, Ethan Miller and William Harnedy
Submitted by: North Las Vegas, NV Local 1607
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“Fire fund focus of flap”
The Dispatch
Story by: Tory Brecht and Todd Mizener
Submitted by: Moline, IL Local 581
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