Michael J. Lyons was a volunteer firefighter for the Aspen Fire Protection District before he was terminated, effective Oct. 3, 2022, following interactions with the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office and Aspen Police Department on April 11, 2022.
Michael J. Lyons of Aspen, who is running for one of two seats on the Aspen Fire Protection District Board, was terminated in October as a volunteer firefighter by the district’s fire chief. Lyons, 51,.
outside of Aspen that claimed the lives of two New York residents Saturday.
“The aircraft crashed in remote mountainous terrain. We are determining how best to access the crash site,” Jennifer Gabris, spokeswoman for the National Transportation Safety Board, said Monday in an email to The Aspen Times.
A ground team from Mountain Rescue Aspen, working with a helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard in Gypsum, located the wreckage and victims Sunday in response to a call earlier in the morning from a person who reported the flight overdue.
The bodies of both victims presumably identified as Ruben Cohen and David Zara were recovered as well.