In this May 2015 photo provided by Michael Brown, John and Lesley Ripper pose in the Pioneer Cabin tunnel tree, a giant, centuries-old sequoia that had a tunnel carved into it in the 1880s, during a visit to Calaveras Big Trees State Park near Arnold, Calif., in the Sierra Nevada. The tree came crashing down on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, during a massive storm. “I was blown away,” said John Ripper, a 55-year-old printer in Northville, Michigan. “I’ve traveled to 70 countries, But that particular tree and being able to walk underneath it and touch it was quite a memorable moment and something I won’t soon forget.” (Michael Brown via AP)
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