Sunday, March 7, 2010

Wounded pilot evacuates casualties in Afghanistan

This story was very interesting to me, it's about a pilot who had been struck in the head by a bullet and still managed to get everyone off of his aircraft safely. The pilot and a crew from the Discover Channel had been shooting for a show that showed battle machines. As they were filming the pilot had been shot and without any of them knowing they were in the middle of a battle. "There was a battle going on. On the way in we could never have imagined it would become this kind of mission." Brewer had said. The co-pilot had said that Ian wouldn't let go of the controllers of the aircraft, even with blood running down his face and through his eyes.
I think this shows a very great sense of bravery, courage, and honor. Despite the pilots injury he still managed to get everyone to safety. This in a sense though scares me quite a bit because more and more stuff has been happening with the war. How more and more people are dying, it's extremely sad that this would happen. It's also very scary because I know many people that are in aviation training now and this could happen again. It's good to know though that we have good trained soldiers/pilots as this article proves.

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