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FBI: Agents died in fall from helicopter off Va. coast
The Virginian-Pilot ^ | May 20, 2013 | By Scott Daugherty

Posted on 05/23/2013 5:21:45 AM PDT by RummyChick

Two members of the FBI’s elite counterterrorism unit died Friday while practicing how to quickly drop from a helicopter to a ship using a rope, the FBI announced Monday in a statement.

The statement gave few details regarding the deaths of Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw, other than to say the helicopter encountered unspecified difficulties and the agents fell a “significant distance.”

Last month, the team was involved in the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. And in February, it rescued a 5-year-old boy held hostage for six days in an underground bunker in Alabama.

“Whenever things go really wrong, the FBI calls in the Hostage Rescue Team. It’s the government’s 911,” Coulson said.

Irvin Wells, a former FBI special agent who retired in 1990 after leading the Norfolk field office for three years, stressed that the Hostage Rescue Team is different from the FBI’s regular SWAT teams. He noted that agents assigned to a field office’s SWAT team also must perform other jobs inside the bureau, while agents assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team have no other duties.


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To: Wolfie
It’s almost as if people regularly involved in dangerous activities are putting themselves at risk.

On that insightful observation prayers for their families, loved ones, and colleagues are offered.

101 posted on 05/23/2013 1:08:48 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's Gotten So Bad for Obama Fox News Changed Its Slogan to "See. I Told You So!"- Leno)
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To: penelopesire

Forget about the tim foil this calls for cast iron hat.


102 posted on 05/23/2013 1:39:11 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: RummyChick

They’re always changing their story, aren’t they?

If 67 Franklin Street and the boat where Jihadi boy was hiding were, in fact, inside the search zone, then somebody screwed up big time.

It never crossed the mind of even one of the 9,000 heavily armed police to check out a covered boat? Wow, just wow.


103 posted on 05/23/2013 1:58:51 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (November 4, 2008 and November 6, 2012.....Two days that will live in infamy!)
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To: penelopesire

LOL! You’re going to live with it for the foreseeable future. Make sure it flatters your lovely face and can accessorize all-occasions wardrobe.

Come to think of it, you might want to make room in your closet for several, alongside your shoes. Instead of rivets, you could bring back hat pins and start a trend.

If you are sartorially-inclined, you could start a business -— men’s and women’s accessories.


104 posted on 05/23/2013 2:21:36 PM PDT by thouworm (Steyn: They let [Stevens] die, and then told lies over his coffin.They did that to one of their own.)
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To: PghBaldy
Is there ANYTHING on the level with Obama?

He can't do anything straight...

105 posted on 05/23/2013 4:09:04 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: bert

and vice versa, hence the problem.


106 posted on 05/24/2013 5:07:46 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: RummyChick

Working for this administration should come with a ‘could be hazardous to your health’ warning label.


107 posted on 05/24/2013 9:23:10 AM PDT by 444Flyer ( That old wheel will roll around again.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Of course not. The ladder was kicked over on the ground and the bloodied tarp slightly ripped and moved aside. Nothing to see here. Move along.


108 posted on 05/26/2013 6:24:17 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: RummyChick

wtf???????? again???????????????????????????

didn’t this just happen to Another bunch of guys last week?


109 posted on 05/26/2013 6:30:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: null and void

NJCT


110 posted on 05/29/2013 3:16:35 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: TomGuy
Good morning.

[Do we need to don the tinfoil?]

You know what's odd? All of these "conspiracy" theories are coming true.

5.56mm

111 posted on 05/29/2013 3:56:18 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: autumnraine

Already on it, thanks!


112 posted on 05/29/2013 6:47:46 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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