Photo series âSafe/Not Safeâ shows where these Utahns of color find refuge in an unsafe world
Through a lens of trauma, ordinary places can feel threatening. But sharing that pain can bring healing.
(Photos by Jonathan Canlas | MMIWhoismissing) At left, Davina Smith is photographed at a Cottonwood Heights crosswalk as part of the Safe/Not Safe photo series. Smith feels unsafe at crosswalks after she was almost struck by a car. At right, Smith is photographed at the Bells Canyon trailhead, a location where she feels safe.
By Alixel Cabrera | Special to The Tribune
  | Feb. 12, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Davina Smith remembers the disregard on the driverâs face as he sped toward her, forcing her to leap from the crosswalk and onto the sidewalk for safety. âHe looked at me with no care in the worldâ after she yelled at him through his rolled-down window, she said. âAnd he was a young white guy, and that scared me. If I didnât jump out of the way .â
| Updated: Feb. 11, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
An avalanche in Mill Creek Canyon crashed down the north face of Wilson’s Peak on Saturday, killing four young Utahns in one of the deadliest slides in Utah’s modern recreation era.
One skier clung to a tree as seven others were swept away. Six were buried, and one was partially covered in snow, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
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He used a transceiver to locate signals being transmitted by beacons carried by buried skiers, and dug down to two who were trapped under 3 to 5 feet of snow, Hardesty said.
“To see this occur,” he said, “and then have the wherewithal to go acquire the [beacon] signals and do not one but two full and deep burials and rescue two lives, is amazing.”