quickly looking out at the reporters with the runway where and birkhead prevailed she must have felt she flew to an altogether different world and from alabama one of seven children raised from downtown on noble street the house there was the latest in a string of modest homes with the farm labor or the pipefitting shot all of which was not good enough for ruth. the third oldest child. she left so shortly after her 18th birthday to move west of birmingham. she wanted around and a boarding house her parents thought she would be back soon but instead he began to make a life that a life that she kept secret and now desperately hoped to hide from the new york reporters. she got a job selling lingerie in a department store. she got a husband but it didn't take and was divorced in 1925 been married again this time to electric sign man then moved to lakeland florida living and ordinary life east of tampa she got a a job in a dentist office and helped to introduce his young wife to flying and also those businessmen. chasing fame install an opportunity the floridians wanted to put elder into

birkhead is the sixth person to die during fire duty so far this year. many firefighters say they didn't know him personally, but the loss of any firefighter hurts them all deeply. stuff when something like this happens it is like losing a member of your family. >> we owe it to them to remember them and their sacrifice. at the end of the day we still have to remain in the fight and get this fire out. >> firefighters we talked with say they know their job is dangerous so they will go whenever and wherever they are needed. >>> memorial service is set to take place tomorrow for calfire's andrew brick who was killed in a vehicle accident during the carr fire. and her break was a heavy equipment mechanic . his memorial will take place at st. john's episcopal church in chico . the service is open to the public for break was 41 years old. >>> death on the fire line is heartbreaking, but it is a los one family has experienced first-hand. >> deborah be alone talked to them about making it through the tragedy more than a dozen years ago. >> here is a picture that