Dariel Vasquez, a Parks and Recreation aide employed by the New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department, was killed while battling a fire in a forest in Greenwood Lake, ...

After this election, the optimism in "The West Wing," "Parks and Recreation" and "Scandal" seems naive. The craziness feels a lot more plausible.

Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old New York State Parks Department employee, lost his life while fighting a forest on Saturday. The fire was active in Passaic County, New Jersey, near New York Borer.