A father goes ‘badass’ to save his family

CNN ^ | 29 Apr 2015 | John Blake

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On April 29, 1975, Nguyen did something that could have been ripped from the script of a “Mission Impossible” movie. He was fleeing from the North Vietnamese army with his wife and their three young children as communist soldiers crashed the gates of Saigon

“We couldn’t figure out how he did it; he was a Houdini,”.

“Unless somebody shoots at us, we ain’t shooting,” Jacobs told his crew.

He radioed the Kirk that he would hover just above the deck. Then he would order his wife and three children to take their chances by jumping out of the helicopter, into the arms of sailors. Kent Chipman was one of those sailors waiting below. ... “Chippy.” He weighed only 130 pounds, and wondered if he was big enough to break the fall of the Chinook’s passengers. As he held up his arms, he had a thought: This is going to be bad

Chipman never forgot Nguyen’s coolness under pressure and the relief he felt when he successfully caught the pilot’s infant daughter and wife.

“It was a happy ending to a shitty war,” he said. As they made their way down a hallway, the first Kirk crewman she saw was “Chippy” Chipman, the sailor who had caught her and her infant daughter as they jumped out of the helicopter years ago.

“He was staring at me and I was staring at him. He knew and I just knew,”

“I was proud,” Chipman said of seeing Mina. “I don’t have children, but it was like seeing your long-lost daughter all grown up. She did well for herself.”

Nguyen shuffled to his feet from his wheelchair, straightened his jacket as he looked at Jacobs, and, with a trembling right hand, he saluted.

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Just wow

[Nifster]

Who’s crying. I’m not crying

[Blood of Tyrants]

Must be some dust in the air.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Some of them will be like Nguyen. And I will gladly call them friend.

[TigersEye]

I’m asking myself “Why is this wonderful story coming from CNN?” And “Why now?”

CNN published this in 2015.

[Hot Tabasco]

Nguyen would die from Alzheimer’s three years later, at 73, passing away in his sleep one summer night. But at the reunion, in that moment, time folded back to April 1975. Miki watched his father do something that reminded him that, though his father’s body was failing, the dad who he knew would come for him was still there.

Yea, I'm crying too..........

[Pining_4_TX]

“Guess what. The folks the recent intentional “follies” will now be bringing
here in droves, are nothing like Nguyen and his family.”

You are soooo right.

[StAntKnee]

2015. That explains.

[EasySt]

I still think we are seeing this now because “narrative management”.

[TigersEye]

I think we are seeing it now because the OP posted it as a thread.
CNN did not re-publish it.

[willyd]

The whole point of this is to try and paint Biden’s efforts as heroic and point out that it happened in the past...

[EasySt]

I know.

[TigersEye]

So you think the OP is the one engaging in “narrative management?”

[EasySt]

I consider it a possibility, given the timing.

It’s not like we don’t have any of that going on here.
Have you listened to our Jab promoting FRoctors lately?

There is a full court press for narrative management on all fronts going on.

~Easy

[TigersEye]

I guess anything is possible. FR seems like an awfully limited audience to practice “narrative management” on though. Not to mention pretty hard to convince of a liberal POV.

[EasySt]

There’s a more important mainstream conservative discussion forum
somewhere?

[DUMBGRUNT]

—” “narrative management?””

This event I recalled from years back and was difficult to condense into 300 words.

I post what I enjoy and usually am amused by the comments.

That somewhat necessitates using selected lines from the article as ‘bait’!
Narrative management?
Oh my.

[TigersEye]

Just to clarify, that wasn’t my accusation.

FWIW I thought it was a great story.

[MHGinTN]

Dittos

[DUMBGRUNT]

__” I thought it was a great story.”

Glad you enjoyed it.

And hoping the new Afgan arrivals can do as well as Nguyen.