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I was driving east on Storrow when I saw this overturned car in the westbound lanes.  A Massachusetts state trooper was rendering aid to the victim, who was laying inside and underneath the rolled vehicle. I parked under the Longfellow bridge and put on a lime green highway vest. News photographers on the highway, in essence, become highway workers so we are told to wear these vests. I crossed Storrow and came to a position at the median strip fence approximately  25 feet from the action. More troopers were arriving and one came over to me and asked what I was doing, etc. I told him that I was a photographer with the Herald and that I would “keep my distance” and not get too close and that I wasn’t going to move forward from my perch standing on the jersey barrier. I noticed the original trooper trying to calm the victim and, at the same time, ascertain what his injuries were. One man who had also stopped to render aid did not approve of my presence and stood in my view between the victim and my camera lens. I had to employ the old bob-and- weave method, all the while hoping that there would be some interaction, maybe a touch, between the two. I kept bobbing and the other by-stander kept weaving, and then it happened. State trooper Kevin Nichols reached out and lightly stroked the man’s leg while saying “hang in there.” It was a nice, subtle moment. I was glad to have captured it. Shortly afterward the Boston fire department took over and extricated the man. All in a day’s work for these officials.

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From puddle-jumping in the Back Bay to heavy surf in Winthrop, the last couple of days have been more action packed, weather wise, than the majority of this winter season has. Throw in today’s wind and you get the trifecta. Below are photos I snapped of yesterday’s high tide in Winthrop and rain in Boston, and today’s wind in Boston. 

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Boston police vs Boston fire. Hockey at Frozen Fenway

I photographed at a frozen fenway park today as the Boston police and Boston fire department hockey teams squared off. This was a very good brand of hockey, as both teams have former high school, college and drafted pros on the ranks. The game was cleanly played with Boston’s finest edging out the hosemen. Boston cop Frank St. Peter, in top photo at right, needed a few stitches above his eye after a 2nd period collision. Others in my photos include BPD skaters Jeff Connolly and Charlie Daniels and Boston firefighters, goalie Mike Sweeney and Ryan Maher among others. Last, but of course not least, is retired Boston firefighter/fire investigator Bill Noonan manning the camera in bottom photo.

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Boston Mayor Menino takes on the Daily Beast

My video, below of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s funny response to a Daily Beast survey  that lists Boston as the drunkest city in the nation. Boston Herald’s Raakhee Mirchandani asks the questions and the mayor, suffering from a December cold, answers as only he can. 

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Red-Light-Running-Truck “Tilted” by MBTA Bus.

I came upon this in South Boston’s seaport district on D St. The MBTA says that this driver ran a red light  and was then struck by the Silver line bus. See my photos below.

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Lasting Images From Friday’s Peabody Firefighter Fatal Fire

This was a sad news event to cover for sure as word of the death of firefighter James Rice started to spread to working firefighters at 5 Hancock street. See my photos below.

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Here is my photo of Last week’s full moon and a photo, snapped today, of a Back Bay construction team readying for the day ahead. How DO they enter that outhouse?

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Early Morning “Elves” Decorate Boston’s Hancock Tower.

 Workers from Louisburg Gardens Inc. of Charlestown were busy early morning as they moved  large wreaths into the Hancock tower. See my photos below.

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Tonight’s Beautiful Sunset Over Boston’s Tremont Street.

My photo below, as seen from Tremont and Clarendon streets, was snapped 30 minutes ago, just after 4:30pm.

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No Holiday for Boston’s First Responders on Thanksgiving.

As so many families were getting ready to sit with family and feast on all the good things Thanksgiving has to offer, Boston firefighters, EMS and police were responding to a multi-vehicle accident. They eased the pain of a small child, an infant and several adults who were hurt in the late morning accident that occurred near the Broadway bridge. Please see my photos below. In top photo, firefighter Edward Kelly of Ladder 17 is seen calming a young boy. Brian Carey of Rescue 1 holds an infant in the next photo. In the Third photo, an unidentified Boston EMS member holds the same infant. Story here.

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