.micah.escamilla.

on some days, my job takes me to some pretty cool places. this past thursday was one of those days.

the fontana police department had scheduled an early-morning weapons meltdown at a local steel factory. unfortunately i didn’t get the memo that the event was rescheduled to 30 minutes earlier (ergo, i missed seeing/photographing the pile of 200+ seized guns, some of which i’ve been told can be quite extravagantly built/modified), but i still got to witness something pretty cool.

after the initial melting of the weapons, i was taken downstairs and inside the factory where the liquid steel was poured into a huge ladel. after the ladel process, the steel is eventually cooled, shaped, transported and formed into the many pieces of rebar that make up our driveways and freeways. a pretty interesting concept, i thought.

every once in a while i get to stop, take a breath, look around at my surroundings and think to myself, “am i seriously here right now?!”

best.job.ever.

and this is just the beginning.