Feb. 1, 2017

The golden hour: A military responder

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The date is Aug. 11, 2016. Glass and debris lie scattered across the pavement amongst puddles of oil and brake fluid. The hiss of passing traffic is mixed with slow, faint gasps for air as sweltering heat waves radiate across the Las Vegas highway. A woman stumbles about, confused, an unresponsive man lies on the gravel and two other individuals sit motionless in a crushed automobile.