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Here are photos of mine that were published in the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News:

Amarillo, Texas, firefighters work to free a victim trapped inside a smashed car Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, after it struck a tree along Martin Road in Gene Howe Park. The driver was killed and two others were hospitalized.

Potter County firefighters and other emergency responders investigate the scene of a deadly car crash on U.S. Highway 287 on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, as the Lifestar medical helicopter takes a patient to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Three people died in the crash about 30 miles north of Amarillo.

As brave as any adult, 3-year-old Jackson Taylor, of Amarllo, Texas, reaches out to touch the rattle of a rattlesnake Saturday, June 19, 2005, during SnakeFest at the Wildcat Bluff Nature Center west of Amarillo.

Members of the Amarillo, Texas, police dive team prepare to search Medical Center Park North Lake for the body of a 14-year-old boy who jumped in the lake Thursday, June 30, 2005, to save his dog. These searchers, after multiple attempts by other dive team members, found the boy’s body almost five hours after he jumped into the lake.

Marine Lance Cpl. Noah Dunagan, right, a combat videographer records a trailing V-22 Osprey Wednesday, July 13, 2005, during a demonstration of the aircraft at the Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, N.C.

A man and a young girl walk to the civic center in Amarillo, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, after the two and about 125 other Hurricane Katrina evacuees arrived at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.

An Amarillo firefighter helps a Hurricane Katrina evacuee off a city bus Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, after the man and about 125 other evacuees arrived in Amarillo, Texas, from devastated New Orleans.

Army Pvt. Edgar Rodriguez, 19, of Amarillo, Texas, kisses his wife Laura, 19, as his 22-month-old son, Alex, looks away Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005. Moments later Edgar Rodriguez would get on a bus with 17 other Amarillo Texas Army National Guard troops being deployed to Houston to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

Randall County deputies take Mark Edward Hanson, 29, into custody Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, in Amarillo, Texas, about 12 hours after he escaped solitary confinement at the Randall County Jail. No injuries were reported in the arrest of Hanson, who is facing capital murder charges in connection with a Jan. 7, 2005, killing.

Amarillo, Texas, SWAT team members stand guard outside a garage Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005, as other officers enter a home to arrest a man who had barricaded himself inside the house’s attic. SWAT members deployed a TASER against the man and took him into custody.

Amarillo, Texas, firefighters talk to each other in front of a destroyed car Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005 after the vehicle’s driver was ejected from his vehicle when it rolled over on Amarillo Boulevard. Firefighters did not find the driver of the vehicle that night.

Despite shifting winds, firefighters charge toward a raging grass fire threatening the west side of Skellytown, Texas, on Sunday, March 12, 2006. The blaze was apart of the Borger Complex fire, which would later grow into the largest wildfire in Texas history.

A Potter County firefighter scrambles to get in front of a spreading grass fire north of Amarillo, Texas. Three fires north of Amarillo – dubbed the St. Francis Complex Fire – covered 1,800 acres and burned nine homes Saturday, April 8, 2006.

A Potter County firefighter surveys a massive fire Thursday, June 15, 2006, near U.S. Highway 287 and Reclamation Road north of Amarillo, Texas. Fast winds Thursday helped spread at least 15 fires and two, 2,000-acre fires near Amarillo, according to the Texas Forest Service.

A Canyon Fire Department fire truck rolls to help contain a massive grass fire Thursday, June 15, 2006, near U.S. Highway 287 and Reclamation Road north of Amarillo, Texas.

These are pictures I shot while covering a story, but they didn’t make it into the newspaper:

Army Spc. Jamie Allen, of Amarillo, Texas, holds her son, Tanner, 4, right, in one arm as she holds Tanner’s best friend, Landon Daum, in her other arm during a “Welcome Home” celebration Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, in downtown Amarillo, Texas. While Landon concentrated on one of Allen’s family members who was taking a picture of the three, Tanner shared a special moment with his mom.

Country-music fan Chrissa Bowles, 27, a server at the Texas Roadhouse in Amarillo, Texas, waits with Willie Nelson on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004, as John Towles, 22, a restaurant trainer coordinator takes a picture. Nelson was at the restaurant Sunday afternnoon to meet Amarillo fans before playing a sold-out concert night show in Canyon later in the day.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers investigate the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident Sunday, Oct. 4, 2004, at Loop 335 and Farm-to-Market Road 2590 that killed a 41-year-old Amarillo man and seriously injured his 11-year-old daughter. The driver of the red pickup, Dale Williams Santiago, of Friona, center, was issued a ticket for failure to yield right of way.

Brandi Valladolid, a volunteer with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, sits in a cage Friday, May 27, 2005, in Amarillo, Texas, to protest an upcoming Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance. Valladolid has traveled through several cities where Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has scheduled performances to tell people that PETA thinks circus animals are mistreated.

Family members grieve after learning gunfire had killed a man and a woman Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, at a home in Amarillo, Texas. Police responded about 9:30 p.m. on a report of gunfire at the home.

An Amarillo, Texas, SWAT officer takes David Mojica, 34, to a patrol car after a 2 1/2-hour standoff with police Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005. In their effort to get Mojica out of a stranger’s attic, police used a TASER against him twice.

A Potter County firefighter walks in front of a massive grass fire Thursday, June 15, 2006, north of Amarillo, Texas. Fast winds Thursday helped spread at least 15 small fires and two, 1,000-acre fires north of Amarillo.

Tiffany Taylor, 23, of Amarillo, Texas, middle, raises her hand in support of the Empire Knights of the Klu Klux Klan Realm of Texas, a KKK group out of San Angelo that rallied in front of the Amarillo City Hall on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006.

Timothy Davis, 31, of Amarillo, Texas, raises his hand in support of the KKK during a rally at Amarillo City Hall on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006.

Noise-making protesters surrounded Jarrod Bertram as he raises his hand in support of  members of the Empire Knights of the Klu Klux Klan Realm of Texas, a KKK group out of San Angelo,as they rallied in front of the Amarillo City Hall building on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006.

An unidentified man whispers into the ear of Jarrod Bertram as he raises his hand in support of  members of the Empire Knights of the Klu Klux Klan Realm of Texas, a KKK group out of San Angelo, as they rallied in front of the Amarillo City Hall building on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006.