Lauren Behl prepares mortars racks, drilling them in place before dropping in aerial shells.
Aerial shells ready to be lowered in mortar racks.
When the mortar setup is completed, the tedious wiring work begins.
Members of the team fill a mortar with gasoline, which will produce a massive explosion for the Gran Finale.
The team connects wires to a Cobra Firing System device.
Just a few more boxes to set up.
The team unwinds at sundown, it’s the “calm before the storm”.
The show is about to begin; Tonya Martin goes over her checklist one last time.
Lauren Behl, 34, is about to hand fire a set of shells while remote firing goes off around her.
Tonya and a trainee pyrotechnician remote fire the set in perfect unison.
