Crews began removing the wreckage from the Aurora Bridge Thursday evening. Police officers and other officials watched as the Duck vehicle was loaded onto a flatbed tow truck. A 17-member, interdisciplinary team from the National Transportation Safety Board, along with an NTSB board member, are due to arrive in Seattle Friday to begin their inquiry into the crash.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times

Fighting wildfires isn’t cheap, not with all the boots on the ground, the engines and dozers, the airplanes and fuel. And this year’s fire season — which is shaping up to be one of the most destructive in the modern history of the West — is also on track to be the costliest. That’s a problem, particularly for those writing checks in Washington, who are having to move millions from one part of the federal budget to another to balance the books.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

Roy Salmon, 60, whom Salado Fire Chief Shane Barrier rescued from the porch of a burning home last week, was jailed Wednesday, charged with arson in connection with the blaze. Salmon, who smashed out a window and jumped from the burning two-story home to escape the flames, was unconscious from smoke inhalation when Barrier pulled him to safety on Sept.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kwtx.com

Pope Francis is visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at ground zero. To a cheer from the gathered crowd, he walked toward the two massive waterfall pools that mark the footprints of the World Trade Center's twin towers before they were felled by the 2001 terrorist attacks. Francis visited the site after a speech at the United Nations.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc7ny.com