Kent Firefighter Dies Trying To Scale Mt. McKinley

May 18, 2007 Alaska - Kent firefighter Brian Massey and his climbing partner fell 1,900 feet to their deaths during a descent of Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain, Denali National Park and Reserve officials said Friday. Mizuki Takahashi, 36, of Lake Forest Park was pronounced dead by a rescue team after the Thursday night fall. Her climbing partner, 27-year-old Massey of North Bend, was taken back to a ranger tent for treatment but never regained consciousness and died Friday. A third ...