Monday evening, as Chopper 7 covered a fire in a Spanaway salvage yard, KIRO-TV Chief Photographer Scott Crueger turned the camera toward another helicopter taking video for KOMO-TV and KING-TV.<\/p>\n

A drone was flying above it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a drone out here somewhere,\u201d Crueger alerted colleagues in the newsroom.<\/p>\n

He guessed the drone was flying at about 1,500 feet.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t easy following something so small with a helicopter camera, but Crueger kept on it.<\/p>\n

He followed the drone as it descended, and spotted a man on the ground operating it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking, \u2018How could you be that stupid?’\u201d Crueger said later.<\/p>\n

If helicopters strike anything, like birds, they can easily fall out of the sky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday evening, as Chopper 7 covered a fire in a Spanaway salvage yard, KIRO-TV Chief Photographer Scott Crueger turned the camera toward another helicopter taking video for KOMO-TV and KING-TV. A drone was flying above it. \u201cWe got a drone out here somewhere,\u201d Crueger alerted colleagues in the newsroom. He guessed the drone was flying … <\/p>\n

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