23.6.12

Miscommunication

These photos were supposed to run front page on Friday, but something didn't happen and now they are forced to live only in the internet.

Terry Schmitz smokes a cigarette outside his hotel room in Fort Collins on Thursday, June 21, as he looks west towards the High Park Fire, a vantage painfully obvious any time he leaves the room. 


Terry Schmitz in his hotel room on Thursday, June 21.  Remnants of his daily routine fill  the room as he and his wife, Shawna, make do with the space provided.
A makeshift kitchen limits the options Terry and Shawna Schmitz have for eating after their home was destroyed by the High Park Fire.
Terry Schmitz looks over the High Park Fire from his hotel room at America's Best Hotel in Fort Collins on Thursday, June 21.  Schmitz lost his home in the Whale Rock area.

Story can be found here.
Full gallery is here.

I'll make sure I get all my images in extra early now.