Remembering my father

I posted this picture several years ago but I always enjoy the story. That’s my father holding the big Graphix camera. He was a reporter for the Florida Times Union and was covering President Eisenhower reviewing the troops on the US Saratoga aircraft carrier. Those old cameras used large flash-bulbs and while daddy was shooting his picture, one of them exploded. No questions asked, no explanation allowed, he was hauled off by the Secret Service. What made the story so funny, is when my dad’s picture was developed, Eisenhower was the only one who didn’t duck. This picture I’m showing was taken by Rocco, another Times Union photographer. Wish I had the picture my dad took. I’m currently writing a fictional biography of my father, Louis O. Egner. We heard so many of his stories but when I tried to get him to record them for me, he only recorded a few. This is one of those wonderful memories.