Covering the news can sometimes be a very dangerous job.
The crash of the NBC LA news helicopter that killed the pilot and reporter on board is the latest incident of what can happen.
They were there covering an already tragic story when a speeding driver slammed his SUV into a Metro bus in L-A killing at least two people with the speeder now facing murder charges.
Reporters often put themselves in a position that could be dangerous. Just ask any reporter in San Diego who covered the massive wildfires in 2003 and 2007 and others that were the kind of fires that spread quickly.
As a reporter myself back in the late 1980’s the image of a fire tornado suddenly appearing above my head and the firefighters I was with during a brush fire in Mission Trails Park was too close a call.
If is still a vivid image and frightening memory to this day.
And of course reporters for decades who have covered wars and riots have been injured or even killed as they covered the news.
While a reporter’s job is to cover the news and not make the news, this week’s news helicopter crash in L-A is a somber reminder of the risks involved at times.
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