PHOTOS: Patients at Driscoll Children’s Hospital got a special visit Tuesday afternoon as members of the Corpus Christi Fire Department joined an annual tradition aimed at bringing smiles to children receiving care.

From 2 to 4 p.m., firefighters visited with patients inside the hospital while, outside their windows, members of Driscoll’s window-washing team traded their normal work clothes for costumes.

This year, the window washers dressed as fighters as they worked their way along the outside of the hospital, giving children inside a chance to watch the action and interact with them through the windows.

The event continued a tradition at Driscoll in which window washers dress in costume to brighten the day for young patients.

In previous years, the hospital’s window-washing crews have dressed as superheroes, including Spider-Man, Batman, Captain America and Iron Man, waving and posing for children as they descended past hospital windows.

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VIDEO: One of the U.S. military’s Black Hawk helicopters appeared to pass through a burst of fireworks during the Seattle Seahawks’ pregame flyover at Lumen Field on Monday night.

Four Black Hawks flew over the stadium as part of the national anthem ceremony before the Seahawks’ Monday Night Football game against the Chicago Bears.

After the first three helicopters passed over the Hawks Nest in the north end zone, fireworks launched from the top of the tower appeared to erupt in the path of the fourth helicopter.

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The Everett Fire Department rescued several people who were trapped inside an elevator at Sequoia High School Tuesday morning. According to the fire department, there was smoke coming from the mechanical room.

The people in the elevator are now out and safe. Firefighters are with maintenance staff and working to remove the smoke from the building. There is no fire and no injuries. An elevator tech is on scene.

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VIDEO: No injuries were reported after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in downtown Seattle early Tuesday morning. Seattle Fire Department (SFD) crews were dispatched around 2:45 a.m. to the complex along 2nd Avenue South, near Pioneer Square.

When firefighters arrived, they could see smoke coming from one of the units. Crews found the fire inside a seventh-floor apartment unit. SFD said residents did an excellent job of evacuating the building safely and quickly. The building’s sprinkler system was also effective at getting the fire under control and keeping it contained to the unit where it started.

A significant amount of water was left in the fire-damaged unit and two units below it because of the sprinkler system. SFD said residents of the fire unit and the apartment directly below it will likely be displaced. So far, the department has not heard of any requests for assistance from the Red Cross. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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A Raft River Fire District truck crashed in Cassia County, Idaho, injuring two firefighters; one later died, and the other remains hospitalized.

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