First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / Cincinnati Enquirer
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerA Cincinnati firefighter watches as the Rapid Assistance Team (RAT Team) prepares to enter a burning house on the report of a firefighter down. A short search revealed that firefighter Oscar Armstrong had been caught in a flashover. Armstrong was the first line of duty death in the department in more than 20 years. Hundreds of firefighters later attended his visitation and funeral.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerA Cincinnati firefighter, in a desperately futile effort, tries to give Oscar Armstrong mouth-to-mouth recussitation after Armstrong was caught in a flashover and then thrown outside by fellow firefighters who tried to rescue him.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati firefighter Kevin Wyatt mourns at the scene after hearing that firefighter Oscar Armstrong had been officially pronounced dead.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerAt the scene of the house fire which resulted in his death Oscar Armstrong's accountability tag shows that he was taken to University Hospital. There he was officially pronounced dead.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerOscar Armstrong's mother insisted that she be allowed to see the place where he died. Here,she quietly stands and looks at the house as other firefighters come to the house and do the same.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerAt the house where he died a small sign and a flower mark the window through which Oscar Armstrong was thrown when fellow firefighters tried to rescue him.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati firefighters Adrian Burton (left) and Keith Armstrong (right) prepare to place the American flag on Oscar Armstrong's casket as they prepare to move him to Zion Baptist Church for his visitation. Both firefighters were classmates with Armstrong in the fire academy. Firefighters stood vigil by firefighter Armstrong ever since he died.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerFirefighters from Columbus Ohio manning Oscar Armstrong's firehouse, Engine 9, salute as his funeral procession prepares to pass
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerFirefighter Oscar Armstrong's casket is carried into St. Xavier Church in downtown Cincinnati
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerHundreds of firefighters attended the funeral for Oscar Armstrong, here is a mass salute as the casket is taken onto the church.
First Place, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati firefighters hug Oscar Armstrong's fiancee, left, and mother right following his burial at Spriong Grove Cemetery.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Pulse-Journal
Second Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Pulse-Journal"Don's dead. Don's dead," repeats Pamela Short, sister-in-law of Donald Haury, 50, of Bellbrook, Ohio. Haury was found dead at the scene of a shooting at Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. on Centre Park Drive in West Chester Township.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Pulse-JournalDonald Haury's sister-in-law Pamela Short tells her father Jay Fisher that Haury, age 50 of Bellbrook, Ohio, was fatally shot Thursday morning at Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. on Centre Park Drive in West Chester Township. Tom West surrendered to police at a truck stop in Indiana hours later. The shooting left three wounded and two dead.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Pulse-JournalJay Fisher, father in-law of Donald Haury, age 50 of Bellbrook, Ohio reacts right after Haury's sister-in-law Pamela Short tells him that Donald was fatally shot Thursday morning at Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. on Centre Park Drive in West Chester Township. Tom West surrendered to police at a truck stop in Indiana hours later. The shooting left three wounded and two dead.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Pulse-JournalDonald Haury's wife (in red), Haury's father in-law (blue denim shirt), Haury's mother in-law (white) and Haury's sister (blue) react at Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. on Centre Park Drive in West Chester Township.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Carrie Cochran / Pulse-JournalPolice escort the famly of Donald Haury, age 50 of Bellbrook, Ohio, who was fatally shot Thursday morning at Watkins Motor Lines on Centre Park Drive in West Chester Township.
