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Jacob Robinson, 16, was severely burned when a firework was tossed into his car while he was on the first day of his job as a food delivery boy. 

The young man told us his story with encouragement from his parents, but I feel he was still in shock from the trauma of the event. After the visit where I recorded this interview, Jacob would not return my calls for more visits and ride alongs.

You can’t blame the kid; I tried to put myself into his shoes and didn’t push the matter.

I still feel the video is pretty powerful and works just as is.

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Participants hold American flags and red glow sticks on Thursday, September 11, 2008 during a memorial service on the beach near Main Street in North Myrtle Beach as part of the city’s proclamation to honor the heroes and victims of September 11, 2001. 

Tonight I photographed the North Myrtle Beach memorial for the 7th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on New York and Washington. Here are a few images from the event that took place on the beach at night with participants holding glow sticks and American flags.   

Maureen Cerami (right) of North Myrtle Beach and her friend Susanne Kalinski Bruccoleri of Garden City Beach, show their emotions while holding photos of Cerami’s brother Lt. Timothy Higgins during a 9-11 memorial service on Thursday, September 11, 2008 on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach. Lt. Higgins, a fireman with the FDNY, was killed in the north tower of the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Go to myrtlebeachonline for a gallery of other photos from the event.

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Gordon Roberts of Ocean Isle Beach runs from a storm surge at his home on East Third Street on September 5, 2008, during the effects of tropical storm Hanna in Ocean Isle Beach. Because of ongoing beach erosion problems, many east end residents fear the storm could cause severe damage to area homes if it hits at high tide.    

On Saturday morning I had the excitement of riding the storm out with brothers Mike and Gordon Roberts of the east end of the island. The night was pretty non-stop with great food and music (I brought my Gibson) and constant bouts with water leaks. In the morning we had to dig our cars out of the sand but luckily no person or thing was seriously hurt. 

Here is a gallery of the images from the evening. 

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I just found online my cover shot for the August 2008 New Rides and Attractions issue of Funworld Magazine.

It was the second cover I’ve done for the magazine published by the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions.


Thanks again to senior editor Jeremy Schoolfield for giving me the opportunity for the shoot and trusting my judgment for the cover photo.

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I edited this video from the raw footage in less than 3 hours on my final cut timeline. The exporting took a little longer and the footage was shot in just over an hour. Keeping copies of my title slides and using them as an archive has sped up the editing process considerably.

This video will not win any prizes but it does give the readers knowledge of the problem and helps tell the story along with my still images in the paper.

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Last night I produced and edited this video on deadline about the continuing saga of the May bike rallies in Myrtle Beach. I struggled with the ending but this was my choice after my eyes started getting heavy with sleep at 2:00 am. 

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“It was the first one I had to step off of in thirty years of fishing,” said Calabash Fishing Fleet captain Dan Manos (left) outside the Calabash Fishing Fleet docks on Wednesday afternoon. He and fishing fleet owner Bob Taylor (right) were thankful no one was hurt after one of the company’s boats, The Miss Calabash II, burned and sunk with 26 aboard Wednesday morning 18 nautical miles southeast of the Little River inlet. “It was sad watching it burn from the water,” said Manos about the experience. “It was like your best bird dog just got run over.” 

On Wednesday, I spent several hours looking for a way to document the burning and sinking of a small fishing vessel several hours after everyone had returned safely to land and departed the waterfront. The sinking and rescue had happened earlier in the morning and had slipped through the radar of those listening to the scanners back at the office. 

I heard about the incident later in the afternoon when I started my shift at 2:00 pm. 

Having done a stand-alone earlier that month on the Calabash waterfront, I knew some of the people involved including Bob Taylor and his crew. 

Bob was very gracious and open about the sinking and helped me by recording his comments on my digital recorder. 

Captain Manos helped by being open and giving me a great quote.

It was an honest feeling for Manos. Some may laugh, but if you’ve ever lost a dog that was your best friend, then you can empathize with his sorrow from losing his ship to the sea.

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With other Mustang enthusiasts looking on, Jeff Hinkle (center) of Hinkle Motorsports of Atlanta, Ga., checks on the engine of his customized 1968 Mustang Fastback after a run around the track at the Myrtle Beach Speedway Wednesday during Fun Run festivities for Mustang Week 2008. Hinkle estimates the value of the 1000 horsepower “Old School FE block” Mustang at $240,000. In it’s 7th year, Mustang Week has found a home in Myrtle Beach. Each year the club schedules their week during the last full week in July. 

Each week during the spring and summer months there seems to be a different group of enthusiasts in town. This week it is Mustang week 2008. I had fun hanging with these guys and remember the 1967 Mustang convertible I wanted when I was a kid. Check out my gallery of photos on myrtlebeachonline.com.

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On Friday I put together this video about the SC firefighter challenge held in Myrtle Beach. I’m getting faster at video production and this piece took me about 8-hours to shoot and edit. 

Firefighters are a special lot and I enjoy covering their events. Recently I spent 24 hours at the station 1 firehouse in Myrtle Beach and found their job a real challenge.

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After returning from a shrimping trip the day before, boat mates Logan Leggett (jumping), 21, and Brandon Clewis, 19, both of Calabash, use their shrimp boat Capt. Nephi’s ladder as a platform on Wednesday for a dive into the Calabash River. Leggett’s father and Clewis’ grandfather, Captain Tommy Leggett (not pictured), has operated shrimping boats along Calabash’s waterfront for the last 29 years. “I like Calabash cause it’s laid back,” said the captain from his seafood hut stationed near his docked boat. “I like being out on the water. The people here are laid back country type folk.”

I miss the day at daily newspapers, when photojournalists could spend all day looking for moments like this.

Sorry but I have no gallery or video with this photo. 

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