Jason Miczek

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Pastor Ken Lida, right, of Community Baptist Church, baptizes Natalie Garmon, 24, (a member of the same church) at the home Nelda Jean Davis in Monroe. The event was held by the Union Baptist Association.
   
West Charlotte senior cheerleader Emerald Jones, left, is consoled by a friend after the Lions lost to Independence at Memorial Stadium during the N.C. 4AA Western Regional championship game.
   
Five young men stare at a fully involved house fire at 22419 Front Beach Road from the beach side of the structure as firefighters from across Bay County fight the blaze.
     
  
Cadets from West Charlotte High School's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp march along Tryon Street as seen from the roof of the Johnston Building while participating in the U.S. Airways Salute to Veterans Parade in uptown Charlotte.
  
The U.S. Navy's newest destroyer Forest Sherman enters the pass at the Jettys of St. Andrews State Park for a two-hour stop to pick up passengers before leaving for Pensacola for its commissioning ceremony. The ship is a Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer like the USS Momsen, which was commissioned in Panama City in August 2004.
   
Florida National Guardsmen Sgt. David Genobles, left, 30, of Inverness, and specialist Matthew Gianikas, right, 22, of Ocala, secure a suspicious mock-Afghani role-played by Jason Lawrimore, 25, of Hattiesburg, Miss., during training at Camp Shelby.
     
  
A woman barely hangs on to the rungs of the Panama City Fire Department Central Station's communications tower after she climbed to the top during a failed suicide attempt.
   
The driver of a light blue Ford Bronco II is pulled out by emergency workers after a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Harrison Ave. and 14th St. in Panama City.
   
Twenty-one-year-old Specialist Larry Robinson, center, of Orlando, is carried to a waiting truck by fellow National Guardsmen as a "fake casualty" during training at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss.
     
  
USS Momsen DDG 92 sailors are mirrored in a puddle while double-timing it up to the ship during a commissioning practice run at the Port of Panama City.
   
A man is questioned by the Panama City Police Department at the Rescue Mission.
   
Seven-year-old Shamiya Thompson of Matthews, waves two American flags while waiting to see her sister who is a cadet at Butler High School's Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp participating in the U.S. Airways Salute to Veterans Parade in uptown Charlotte.