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Freelance photojournalist Sandy Huffaker Jr. has the lead photo in today's New York Times, showing the burning wreckage of a military jet that crashed a mile from his house in San Diego. Three people on the ground were killed.
Huffaker writes on his blog about how he got the shots:
"I was on the computer Monday afternoon when I heard a sputtering jet
coming ever closer. I ran outside and saw a pilot ejecting from an
FA-18 Hornet as the plane was on its way down. His parachute deployed
as the smoke started billowing from a neighborhood about a mile away. I
ran and grabbed my camera, dropped it on the way out, totally
destroying my 16-35mm, and headed for the scene with just a 70-200mm. I
get there before firefighters only to witness homes, cars on fire and
horrific noxious fumes in the air."
coming ever closer. I ran outside and saw a pilot ejecting from an
FA-18 Hornet as the plane was on its way down. His parachute deployed
as the smoke started billowing from a neighborhood about a mile away. I
ran and grabbed my camera, dropped it on the way out, totally
destroying my 16-35mm, and headed for the scene with just a 70-200mm. I
get there before firefighters only to witness homes, cars on fire and
horrific noxious fumes in the air."
You can see more of Huffaker's shots by searching for his name on Getty Images, which distributed the photos. (Spotted first via Photoshelter.)
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