My cell phone rang shortly after mid-night this morning. It was KGW Television out of Portland looking for permission to use a photo. This isn’t the first time a TV station has woke me up out of a sound sleep. But to find a file photo that a shot nearly a year ago?
The photo was of Dallas wrestler Charley Engelfried. I had shot his picture last year at a wrestling match in Albany. Engelfried died Thursday night after pinning his opponent. A real tragedy that reminds us all how precious life is.
Below is a photo of Engelfried during that wrestling match in 2010.
In this file photo, Dallas' Charley Engelfried attempts to get away from South Albany's Steven Gonzalez during the 285-pound match in the Mid-Willamette Conference District Wrestling Championship at West Albany High School, in Albany, Ore., Feb. 20, 2010. Englelfried died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, after pinning his opponent during a wrestling match in Silverton, Ore. (AP Photo/Albany Democrat-Herald, Mark Ylen)
