Posted on 05/10/2003 10:32:41 AM PDT by IoCaster
TIKRIT, Iraq -- Three American soldiers were killed and a fourth injured when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed Friday during the rescue of an Iraqi child wounded in an explosion, U.S. military officials said.
On Friday evening, two Black Hawk helicopters were sent from the Tikrit area to help the child, who had suffered serious head injuries when unexploded ordnance went off outside Samarra, U.S. military officials in Tikrit said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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