2003Breaking News Photography

Breaking News Photography: Archived Images

By: 
Matt Inden
July 20, 2002

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A PB4Y-2 slurry bomber plunges to the ground in flames while fighting the Big Elk Fire near Estes Park, killing its two pilots. Witnesses said a wing came off the aircraft, then a fireball emerged as the plane prepared to drop slurry on the 1,200-acre wildfire.