VIPA Firefighters Give Water Salute To Late Former Governor

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Firefighters at the Cyril E. King Airport executed a flawless water salute signaling the arrival of the body of the late former Governor Charles W. Turnbull to St. Thomas.

Kudos to CEKA ARFF Squad A led by Crew Chief Stephen Thomas on this perfectly executed salute on Wednesday morning.

Turnbull died Sunday July 3 on the U.S. mainland. He was 87.

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John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.