A local photographer who rushed to the scene of a deadly accident on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge said he was looking for any sign of hope or humanity among the carnage.
Minutes earlier, a “Ride the Ducks” vehicle collided with a tour bus, leaving four people dead and dozens more injured. A fifth person died days later.
Joshua Trujillo, a photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, said the gravity of the crash took his breath away.
“As I started to realize – looking mostly through my lens – what I was seeing, my heart just sunk. It was an awful feeling,” he recalled.
It wasn’t until later, while looking through his photos, that Trujillo spotted an image that struck him.
The photo captured a touching moment between an unidentified Seattle firefighter and a severely injured young woman.