Posted on 07/03/2007 8:13:53 PM PDT by kc8ukw
In a dramatic rescue worthy of any action movie, two Army helicopter pilots shot down south of Baghdad Monday evaded capture by their attackers and then flew to safety, one of them strapped to the side of an Apache helicopter not designed to take additional passengers.
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Was he actually sitting on the starboard wing next to the air intake?? Isn’t that a little dangerous to be sitting that close?
Thank God they are safe. May they all remain so for the duration!
Less so than getting RPG's and AK-47s blasted at you.
IMO-That's pretty ballsy!
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