re: Insane pictures from the July 5th tanker fireBy Gregg Eldred on 07/10/2008 at 06:16 PM EDT
I am impressed that SecondSignal was featured so prominently in the article. Very cool!
re: Insane pictures from the July 5th tanker fireBy Dwight Wilbanks on 07/10/2008 at 06:59 PM EDT
I'm not surprised 2nd signal was prominently featured, its a vast media conspiracy to spread the goodness of second signal.
Don't be too surprised....By Andrew Pollack on 07/10/2008 at 09:38 PM EDT
..that's just an 'iReport' -- as in.... I WROTE IT.
We'll see if CNN actually picks it up and does anything with it. I've had a few emails with one of the editors and I'm working on getting some permissions to use the photos and maybe some helmet cam based video.
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Very cool!