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• Christine Smith // Jun 12, 2008 at 4:57 pm

  The fifth picture showing the green & white van is my husband, Mike Smith, speeding away from the fire. He’s an electrical contractor, Shamrock Electric, and was working on a home on Martin Road yesterday. About 2:30 he and the homeowners were aware there was a fire in the area. By 3:30 they were told to evacuate immediately. My husband had not quite finished the wiring needed to turn the house’s power back on, and he did not want to leave with no power because the well pump would not work without power. So he stayed while the owners left. He had the power back on in a very short time. He had to climb up the hill to reach his work van, and a firefighter yelled “You have one change to get out.” Mike jumped into his van without closing the door, and he sped away as fast as he could. WOW! Your picture really shows the truth.

• Jeff // Jun 12, 2008 at 8:48 pm

  Great photos! I really wish the Sentinel would go back to the old way of viewing slide shows that allowed viewers to pause and back up. This slide show is so fast that I can either look at the photo or read the caption, but not both.

• Uncle dennis // Jun 12, 2008 at 10:30 pm

  Viewers can stop the slideshow at any point and use their mouse to move back and forwards to view the slides at the pace the want to.

• David K // Jun 12, 2008 at 11:16 pm

  I think the Sentinel photographers are doing a great job on the fire. Some of the shots look like they were taken in dangerous situations too.

• MGL // Jun 13, 2008 at 4:59 pm

  Fantastic photos. The photos really made your coverage in this one!

  Love the slideshow format.

• The Lake Family // Jun 13, 2008 at 8:55 pm

  At 1:09 and 1:00 left in the slideshow I am proud to say that the CalFire Captain (red helmet with 102 on it) is my son, Isaac. He is a long way from home helping out. Thank you for helping me feel like I am nearer to him.

• v.taimani // Jun 14, 2008 at 2:42 am

  I’m really glad you caught the picture close to the end of the American flag..

  I was on one of the engines that helped save the Bonny Doon Fire Station on Martin Road. When we pulled up, I hoped out to back in our engine. As I was backing up our engineer (driver), I noticed the melted American flag on the ground. I immediately stopped the engine for a brief moment to move the flag to a safer place.

  When I think back to that moment, I remember feeling something similar to the feelings I had when I saw a picture of a burnt flag from the 9/11 tragedy. There was this sense of grief, sadness, of urgency. This drove me to work harder and persevere.

  After working through the night, we briefly returned to the station around 5 pm ish. I noticed that someone put what was left of the flag back up (like it is in the picture close to the end of the slide show). When I saw that on Thursday, it was a patriotic moment for me.

  Thanks for capturing that photo.

  (if there is any way i could get a copy of that, please let me know)

• Rita and Doug Coleman // Jun 14, 2008 at 12:48 pm

  THE COLEMAN FAMILY

  Thank you Santa Cruz Sentinel for your fine coverage of the fire. We are very proud of our grandson, ISAAC, No. 102, who is a Captain in CDF. His photos are 1:09 and 1:00 in the slide show. He has a red helmet.

• Santa Cruz Fire (Martin) | Lost in Bananaverse // Jun 14, 2008 at 5:08 pm

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