Families demand changes for firefighters (AP)

YAKIMA, Wash. - Karen FitzPatrick's favorite Bible verses still compete for space on her bedroom wall with inspirational quotations and photographs — posing with her prom date, goofy snapshots with family and friends. But a neatly folded flag and a firefighters' boots and helmet serve as a reminder of the fire that raged through a remote canyon in Okanogan National Forest five years ago Monday, killing the 18-year-old and three other trapped firefighters. In the years since the so-called Thirtymile ...