First Place, Spot News over 100,000 - Mark Duncan / Associated PressCovered by police, Cleveland Emergency Medical Service personnel escort Susan Helper from a building on the campus of Case Western Reserve University Friday, May 9, 2003, in Cleveland. An armed man has been inside the building since late afternoon.
Second Place, Spot News over 100,000 - Jeff Swinger / Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Police, Covington Police and Fire rescue a man from the edge of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge where he threatened to jump into the Ohio River.
Third Place, Spot News over 100,000 - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerThe mother of a two-year-old boy reacts to learning that her child died after being struck by a truck while crossing the street on the 6600 block of Vine Street in Elmwood Place.
Award of Excellence, Spot News over 100,000 - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerJerry Thomas holds his 1-year-old son, Jerry Jr., after a fire forced them from their multifamily home at left on West 85th Street, near Franklin Boulevard. Cleveland fire officials said the fire started in an upstairs suite and spread to the roof of the house next door. The blaze left four adults and three children, including the Thomas family, homeless. Damage was estimated at $70,000.
Award of Excellence, Spot News over 100,000 - Mike Levy / The Plain DealerCherole Thompson stands in her burned out kitchen. A fire forced Thompson and her nine children from their East Side home. "I have no job, no money, no anything," said Thompson. She suspects neighborhood children of setting the fire.
