It's hard to believe, but one month ago Monday, a crash in Beaufort claimed the life of a Blue Angels pilot.  The jet went down in a neighborhood near the Marine Corp Air Station during an air show.  Although crews have been cleaning up the scene for weeks - reminders of the crash still remain.

Like a bandage over a wound, tarps still cover the rooftops ruined by the April 21st crash.
Their yards full of waving ribbons of warning-and just a walk away- a red, white, and blue ribbon hang for honor and remembrance.

One month later and it's still evident something very tragic happened in the neighborhood.  But why it happened is still unclear.  Local military officials originally said the recovered black box investigation would take about three weeks.  Now they say it could be two more months.

"He actually started leaking a little fuel before that,” cleanup coordinator Wayne Hansel said.

But some answers come out in the clean up- a process that's been nearly non-stop for a solid month and has even longer to go.

"We're through with the grubbing- but we still have to remove some of the contaminated soil,” he said.

So far, soil tests don't show any damage that would be dangerous to the public.  But project manager Wayne Hansel says just like the banners read, they want to be cautious.

"It's mainly for groundwater purposes- so the fuel doesn't reach into the groundwater,” he said.

Through all the technicalities of the testing and cleaning- Hansel says their team makes a point to please the neighbors who've carried the burden of the aftermath.

"They're going to keep this big oak tree- they're not going to cut it down- she says she wants to save it,” Hansel said about a neighbor’s tree.

And they understand the meaning at least one of them carries…one etched with the #6 in honor of the late Pilot Kevin Davis.