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All of the photos of accidents, fires, floods and other disastrous events that you see on Channel 3 or in The St. Albans Messenger from The Franklin County area, are usually taken by the gentleman seen above, Dave St. Pierre. Dave is a very familiar figure to just about every fireman and police officer in the area. Somebody tried to write an article on Dave a while back, but if I remember right, it wasn't a very long article, because Dave is always on the move. I think they decided they would meet at a local restaurant over coffee, but don't think they even got to finish a cup of coffee before Dave was on his way to grab some photos of something. I think as far as TV Stations are concerned, he only provides photos to Channel 3 and for newspapers, it is The St. Albans Messenger.
The other morning as I was listening to the scanner and Pete & Madonne's fire, I had thought of going over, but knew I wouldn't be able to get any where near the fire with all the activity going on. I knew however, that Dave St. Pierre would certainly be there. If you had the opportunity to watch the raw video of the fire (Approximately 6 minutes) on the Channel 3 Web Site, this really shows you what a tremendous job Dave does.
Keep up the good work Dave, of actually putting us on the scene with your videos and photos.