Wildland firefighters killed in Utah helicopter crash escorted to Salt Lake City airport

Two pilots killed in a helicopter crash while battling Utah’s massive Widemouth 2 wildfire this month began their final journey home early Friday to their families.

A procession for the firefighters — Chris Andersen, 64, of Stateline, Nevada, and Miles Elliott, 50, of Porterville, California — began at about 11 a.m., when the “fallen heroes” left the state medical examiner’s office in Taylorsville.

Their bodies were then escorted north along Interstate 215 before arriving at Salt Lake City International Airport to depart for home…

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