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Two Firefighters Lost in Utah Helicopter Crash | Salt Lake City News
Two heroic firefighters, Chris Andersen and Miles Elliott, lost their lives in a tragic helicopter crash while battling the Widemouth 2 Fire in Utah. Both seasoned pilots with the U.S. Forest Service, they were en route to fight flames when their Sikorsky Skycrane went down near Richfield. Miles, a beloved community leader who mentored youth through aviation, has a GoFundMe supporting his family; flags fly at half-staff in his honor. Chris, 64, had an extraordinary global aviation career—from NATO to Haiti’s prime minister transport—but his heart was always in wildfire fighting, just months…
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