VIDEO/PHOTOS: Steven Matto shoots some of the most intense fire scene photos ever taken.
Itâs just that most people donât get a chance to see them.
Matto, 54, is the official photographer for many Alle-Kiski Valley fire companies, documenting more than 700 emergencies. His photos are used by fire companies to document their responses as learning tools. Only rarely do they make it into a newspaper or onto television.
Recently, though, illness and the loss of a leg have kept him on the sidelines, unable to document the courage and hard work of the volunteers who run into burning buildings instead of away from them.
Now, those firefighters are rallying to help their photographer recuperate. A stubborn infection started by a plantar wart required his left leg to be amputated above the knee.
Local fire companies are rallying to raise money for Mattoâs medical and living expenses.
