Remembering the KOMO victims

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Richard Sherman, a 38-year-old public health employee, remains in serious condition at Harborview, where he is being treated for burns he suffered on Wednesday when his car caught fire in the KOMO-TV helicopter crash. But MyNorthwest reports that Sherman continues to improve. The chopper's pilot and passenger were</p></h2>
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            <p>Richard Sherman, a 38-year-old public health employee, remains in serious condition at Harborview, where he is being treated for burns he suffered on Wednesday when his car caught fire in the KOMO-TV helicopter crash. But <a href="http://mynorthwest.com/11/2477405/Harborview-Driver-in-helicopter-crash-is-improving?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">MyNorthwest reports</a> that Sherman continues to improve. The chopper's pilot and passenger were not so lucky. This KOMO video reminds us of the<a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Victims-of-news-helicopter-crash-remembered-250826051.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"> loss of</a> helicopter pilot Gary Pfitzner and news photographer Bill Strothman — and the difficulty for KOMO news personnel to cover such a personal tragic story. <br><br></p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" seamless="seamless" src="http://www.komonews.com/home/video/Dan-and-Molly-reminisce-about-Bill-and-Gary-during-Tuesdays-breaking-news-coverage-250866741.html?embed" width="560"></iframe></figure>
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Richard Sherman, a 38-year-old public health employee, remains in serious condition at Harborview, where he is being treated for burns he suffered on Wednesday when his car caught fire in the KOMO-TV helicopter crash. But MyNorthwest reports that Sherman continues to improve. The chopper's pilot and passenger were not so lucky. This KOMO video reminds us of the loss of helicopter pilot Gary Pfitzner and news photographer Bill Strothman — and the difficulty for KOMO news personnel to cover such a personal tragic story.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi