PAOLA – Brooklyn Harmon loves being on the other side of the lens and telling stories through her images.
Harmon, a Paola High School graduate, joined the school newspaper in 2019 as a sports photographer. She became hooked on photography.
December 20, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A news helicopter has crashed in a New Jersey forest, killing both the pilot and photographer on board, the television station said.
“A pilot and a photographer from our news team were in the helicopter when it went down while returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore” on Tuesday night, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia reported. “Both crew members were killed.”
The station did not release their names pending notification of family members.
“Our hearts are just broken for these men. They’re broken for their families,” reporter Katherine Scott said Wednesday morning, reporting from near the scene of the crash.
The crash happened sometime after 8 p.m. in Wharton State Forest in Hammonton, New Jersey, the station said. The area is part of the New Jersey Pinelands, a million-acre wilderness area that stretches across more than seven counties and features dense woods, rivers and rare plant species.
Video taken from a WTXF-TV helicopter over the wreckage site showed scattered debris, with some pieces on fire or smoking, as authorities searched with flashlights in the darkness.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
New Jersey State Park Police found the wreckage early Wednesday, just over an hour after receiving a call that a helicopter was missing, said George Fedorczyk, chief of the department. An official with the Federal Aviation Administration arrived shortly after 3 a.m.
“Due to the remote location of the scene and the limited visibility, it was determined at that point that the investigation would be suspended until sometime after daybreak,” Fedorczyk said at a morning news conference. “Know that our thoughts are with the pilots, their families and the media community.”
He said the National Transportation Safety Board was taking over the investigation and sending officials to the site.
WPVI-TV reported that it leases the helicopter from U.S. Helicopters Inc., which is based in North Carolina. A spokesperson said company officials were not prepared to comment Wednesday morning.
Emails seeking comment were sent Wednesday to New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey State Park Police and the FAA.
There have been other deadly helicopter crashes involving staff from television stations in the United States. Among them was a July 2007 crash, when two helicopters from KNXV-TV and KTVK-TV collided over Phoenix while covering a police chase. Four people — both pilots and two photographers — were killed.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A news helicopter has crashed in a forest in New Jersey, killing both the pilot and photographer on board, the television station said.
“A pilot and a photographer from our news team were in the helicopter when it went down while returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore” on Tuesday night, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia reported. “Both crew members were killed.”
The station did not release their names pending notification of family members.
“Our hearts are just broken for these men. They’re broken for their families,” reporter Katherine Scott said Wednesday morning, reporting from near the scene of the crash.
The crash happened sometime after 8 p.m. in woods in Wharton State Forest, in Hammonton, New Jersey, the station said.
Video taken from a WTXF-TV helicopter over the wreckage site showed scattered debris, with some pieces on fire or smoking, as authorities searched with flashlights in the darkness.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
New Jersey State Park Police found the wreckage early Wednesday, just over an hour after receiving a call that a helicopter was missing, said George Fedorczyk, chief of the department. An official with the Federal Aviation Administration arrived shortly after 3 a.m.
“Due to the remote location of the scene and the limited visibility, it was determined at that point that the investigation would be suspended until sometime after daybreak,” Fedorczyk said at a morning news conference. “Know that our thoughts are with the pilots, their families and the media community.”
He said the National Transportation Safety Board was taking over the investigation and sending officials to the site.
WPVI-TV reported that it leases the helicopter from U.S. Helicopters Inc., which is based in North Carolina. A spokesperson said company officials were not prepared to comment Wednesday morning.
Emails seeking comment were sent Wednesday to New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey State Park Police and the FAA.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Family and friends of a well-known area sports photographer are asking for your help after he suffered a serious medical emergency last week. Dan Cruz discovered an injury to his spine after taking photographs at a basketball game last week. The next day he was taken to the ER and later a hospital in St. Louis where the issue was discovered, and surgery was performed.
According to information in a GoFundMe page post, Dan is recovering but faces extensive rehab at a facility that specializes in spinal cord injuries. Dan has been a regular for years in shooting sports photos at Civic Memorial High School and other schools in the Riverbend and has also contributed to content for Big Z Media.
If you can help out, go to the link below:
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PHILADELPHIA – A news helicopter has crashed in New Jersey, killing both the pilot and photographer on board, the television station said.
“A pilot and a photographer from our news team were in the helicopter when it went down while returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore” on Tuesday night, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia reported. “Both crew members were killed.”
The crash happened sometime after 8 p.m. in woods in Burlington County’s Washington Township, the station said.
It’s unclear what caused the crash, the station said.
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WASHINGTON TWP., N.J. – Two crew members were killed when 6abc’s Action News helicopter crashed in a wooded area of Burlington County, New Jersey on Tuesday night.
A pilot and a photographer were returning from an assignment at the Jersey Shore when Chopper 6 crashed in Wharton State Forest sometime after 8 p.m.
Both were killed, 6abc says.
The station is not releasing the crew members’ names yet as family members are still being notified. 6abc did say they have a long history with their station and have been working as part of the Action News team for years.
According to 6abc, New Jersey state troopers were able to locate the crash on the ground in a difficult-to-reach area.
It’s still unclear what caused the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
69 News extends our condolences and prayers to the news team at our Philadelphia partner station.
In photography, the year 2023 introduced itself with a sense of possibility. The industry was ready for what we collectively felt might be the first ‘normal’ year post-pandemic. It had been a challenging three years of unpredictability and false starts, coupled with a variegated set of worldwide emergencies that kept the economy fraught and opportunity stifled. Despite all this, photographers were hungry for a fresh start, with a renewed understanding of the privilege and responsibility of visual storytelling.
Fast forward 12 months, and we find ourselves in a very different state of play. It’s been a sobering year for photographers, who, for the majority, have faced the most challenging year of their careers to date, regardless of when they started. The new year optimism faded by spring when commercial and editorial commissioning slowed.
The unpredictability of the economy led many brands to re-license work rather than invest in new shoots. When campaigns did happen, budgets were tighter, and fees and usage were down. The relationship between turnaround times and content expectations became increasingly fraught. While this is nothing new — it’s been happening incrementally for the last decade — the considerable lack of new work commissioned and the ever-growing pool of photographers looking for work created a pressure cooker of scarcity.
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