A2: Firefighter Remembered

On Jan. 7, 2006, Ann Arbor firefighter Amy Schnearle-Pennywitt was struck at the scene of a traffic accident by a pickup truck that lost control on icy roads. The pickup slammed into a pileup of other vehicles that had also skidded off the road. Schnearle-Pennywitt, who had responded to the scene when the pileup began, died from her injuries a few days later.

Chelsea photographer Burill Strong remembers Schnearle-Pennywitt again this year with a photograph on his blog “The Connective Lens.” Three years ago, on the first anniversary of the accident, Strong wrote an account of his experience that day – his was one of the first cars that had slid off the road.