Firefighters Honored and Remembered

"They loved doing their jobs, but they also loved going home afterward. This time they could not go home.”

--Jeanne Wade-Evans, a San Bernardino National Forest supervisor, at a memorial service for five Forest Service firefighters who died battling a blaze near Twin Pines, Calif. Those killed:

  • Mark Loutzenhiser, 43
  • Jason McKay, 27
  • Jess McLean, 27
  • Daniel Hoover-Najera, 20
  • Pablo Cerda, 23

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