In October 2002, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department held it's annual Operation Hi-Rise training drill with lots of paparazzi in attendance.

This young woman, her name is Courtney, was sitting all alone off to the side of the media frenzy; so I wandered over and asked if I could take her photo. She graciously obliged.

She said she was an intern with NBC 7/39 in SD and was told to "sit and wait here", I suppose by a producer. She also just finished up at San Diego State University and was trying get her career going.

I don't know where she wound up, but I can tell you one thing. Whoever she went to work for has to be very happy. Not only is she very pretty, but a genuine pleasure to sit and chat with. I'm sure she is doing well as a correspondent somewhere.

UPDATE: I recently discovered that the Courtney shown in this photo is the now famous Courtney Friel, currently the entertainment reporter for FOX Cable News Channel.

In October 2002, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department held it's annual Operation Hi-Rise training drill with lots of paparazzi in attendance.

This young woman, her name is Courtney, was sitting all alone off to the side of the media frenzy; so I wandered over and asked if I could take her photo. She graciously obliged.

She said she was an intern with NBC 7/39 in SD and was told to "sit and wait here", I suppose by a producer. She also just finished up at San Diego State University and was trying get her career going.

I don't know where she wound up, but I can tell you one thing. Whoever she went to work for has to be very happy. Not only is she very pretty, but a genuine pleasure to sit and chat with. I'm sure she is doing well as a correspondent somewhere.

UPDATE: I recently discovered that the Courtney shown in this photo is the now famous Courtney Friel, currently the entertainment reporter for FOX Cable News Channel.