Earl Cooley, who was one of the first two U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers to parachute into a forest fire and later was a spotter on the Mann Gulch fire that killed 13 firefighters, has died. He was ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
On Thursday, an elite group of fire fighters known as smoke jumpers were conducting training here in the Grand Valley, as the wildfire season in Colorado has picked up the pace. The firefighting crew ...
MISSOULA -- Earl Cooley, a pioneering smoke jumper who took the Forest Service's first leap into a flame-riddled wilderness, has died in Missoula. He was 98. Cooley made the jump into the Nez Perce ...
Earl Cooley, 98, who was one of the first two U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers to parachute into a forest fire and later was a spotter on the Mann Gulch fire that killed 13 firefighters, died Nov. 9 ...
A fire is burning in Olympic National Park. It’s strange to think of a rainforest having a wildfire. Some crews are working to fight the fire, including the smoke jumpers in the video above. The crew ...
During a wildfire, you can see the flames, you see the chopper, but what you don’t see are the smoke jumpers — the guys who parachute in to try and stop a fire in it’s tracks. One of those smoke ...
Major League Baseball has its All-Stars, the military has the Special Forces and firefighters have the smokejumpers. These elite teams fly out over wildfires in the West, parachute into the burning ...
Earl Cooley, 98, who was one of the first two U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers to parachute into a forest fire and later was a spotter on the Mann Gulch fire that killed 13 firefighters, died Nov. 9 ...
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