last friday, january 9th, a fire truck drove into a building in boston. this happened about two streets over from where i live. this was all over the local and national news. i went over with my roommate, matt, as soon as we heard about it, which was about 20 minutes after it happened. the whole area was surrounded by emergency personnel, as can be imagined. matt and i walked down the hill that the truck went down and had a fantastic view of the scene as we did.
once we got closer, about 50 feet from the intersection it went through, the police had the area taped off. we stayed down there for only a few minutes before they started to clear that area, too, telling us that they were roping off the whole street. this was understandable because there were fresh skid marks from the truck near the top of the hill, apparently the last place the truck had brakes.
i was able to take numerous pictures while we were down at the intersection, and the Huntington News, our school newspaper, actually used one of the pictures on its front page this morning. i also posted the photos on flickr. on friday there were 400 views and on saturday, another 950.