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The New York Times logo The New York Times 2 months ago

Earl Cooley Is Dead at 98; Fought Fires as Original Smoke Jumper

An inquiry cleared Mr. Cooley and a foreman who had collaborated in deciding where to drop the jumpers of misfeasance. “I am sure I did the right thing that day, but I still look at that map and have thought about it every day since then,” Mr. Cooley said... Full Article at The New York Times

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    Earl Cooley; smoke jumper helped pioneer risky firefighting technique
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    WASHINGTON - Earl Cooley, 98, who was one of the first two US Forest Service smoke jumpers to parachute into a forest fire and later was a spotter on the Mann Gulch fire that killed 13 firefighters, died Nov. 9 at his home in Missoula, Mont. , of... Full Article at Boston Globe

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