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Oct 26, 2023 · KOMO News photographer, Dave Crockett, woke up at 3 a.m. on May 18, 1980, afraid he was going to miss out on the story of a lifetime. Something told him he needed to drive to the mountain.
Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens and KOMO photographer Dave Crockett had a front row seat, barely surving the...
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News photographer Dave Crockett's stunning footage of the eruption of Mount St. Helens - May 18th, 1980. Crockett became engulfed in total darkness and was very lucky to have survived. 1980s
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A few years ago, to mark the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, I visited the mountain with David Crockett, a man who saw things and did things on May 18, 1980, that still send shivers up a person's back.
Hi, my name is David Crockett… it really is! I have been a photographer, photojournalist, video shooter and editor, as well as instructor in broadcasting. I joined the U.S. Army in 1974 as a combat photographer and spent my first 15 years as a military combat photographer.
Jun 10, 2020 · David Crockett died in a tragic accident while helping a son to repair a roof on Monday
May 3, 2011 · Seventy-five years after Davy Crockett and scores of Texans fell at the Battle of the Alamo, a new book jumps into the controversy over just how the legendary frontiersman died. Crockett aficionados have chewed on this question almost from the moment Mexican soldiers breached the Alamo.
