60 Minutes+ — Season 1, Episode 25: Smokejumpers

Episode synopsis

Smokejumpers are an elite group of federal firefighters who skydive from planes. Despite their critical role, open positions are going unfilled. Enrique Acevedo met a few of them and their families to find out why.

About 60 Minutes+

Tailored for a growing younger audience, this news magazine program offers hard-hitting investigative reports, feature segments, and profiles of people in the news in short documentary-style segments.

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• E2J Balvin: The Prince of Reggaetón
• E3Massive Melt: The World's Glaciers
• E4White Supremacy: A Firsthand Account
• E5The Parallel Pandemic
• E6Taking Facebook To Court
• E7Crime and Punishment
• E8Asian Americans Under Attack
• E9The Migrant Hotel
• E10Mafia Hunters
• E11Crisis: Race, Politics, & Water
• E12Reclaiming Bruce's Beach