Photo of the month: June 2001

Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.

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Vyto Starinskas
Rutland (Vt.) Herald

A swimmer is pinned against the rocks by the roaring Mill River in Clarendon, Vt., in this June 14 shot. The woman was held by the current for about a half hour before rescuers were able to pull her unharmed from the water. She declined to give her name and police would not reveal her identity.

Honorable Mentions

Tim Cook
Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
 Emerbency workers struggle to free a man whose car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer truck in Portsmouth on June 1.
Bruce Bedford
The Conway (N.H.) Daily Sun
 A young man is silhouetted against the sky as he dives June 22 into a popular swimming hole in the Saco River in North Conway.

How I got the picture

Starinskas:

"On the police scanner in the office, I heard the woman was trapped in rapids popular among local swimmers.

"The rains made it worse. She was pinned for about a half hour as the water pushed her against the rock.

"The picture was taken from a swinging bridge which is part of the Long Trail. She was safely rescued by seven or eight men pulling her upward over the rock."