SIGNS: U.S. Pilots Make Daring Escape in Iraq
This is noteworthy because it's tied into Sunny Leone's Fiance Matt Erickson and Scooby Doo.
The 2 Pilots shot down and "miraculously" unfound is referring to what happened last night:
Ironically enough, I remember in Junior High having classmate named Matt. We were eating lunch in the cafeteria when he sneezed and had snot shoot out of his nose. He wiped it off with his finger and lowered his hand to throw it on the floor.
I was sitting right next to him and the snot that was on his hand got flung off and splattered on my beige pants. I was so grossed out and upset because Matt wasn't paying attention. I didn't want to wear those pants anymore because every time I looked at them, it reminded me of Matt's snot all over my pant leg.
Matt Erickson runs parallel to Matthew Willert:
It should be that way where you let things air out on either side because if you just tilt things in favor of one side, it will create problems.
It's the same reason why you rotate your tires every couple thousand miles so that you don't wear down the treads. If you keep on riding the same wheels, you'll get bald tires.
I'm the Hare referring to Hair because I'm born Year of the Rabbit.
U.S. Pilots Make Daring Escape in Iraq
By LUIS MARTINEZ,ABC News
(July 3) -- 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.
The OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter flown by Chief Warrant Officers Mark Burrows and Steven Cianfrini was flying a routine mission in support of ground troops when it was forced down by heavy gunfire.
Burrows and Cianfrini survived the crash landing with only minor cuts and bruises, but came under immediate ground fire as the insurgents who had shot them continued to fire on the aircraft.
Facing gunfire from both sides of the helicopter, Burrows and Cianfrini crawled into an irrigation canal next to where the helicopter had crash landed.
Both pilots were soon stuck in neck-deep water with no way to get out because gunfire continued to rain down on them from both sides of the canal.
"Personally, I thought we were done, " said Cianfrini in an interview with ABC News. Burrows said, "I thought that it would be a matter of time before all of those bullets found us."
Originally feeling helpless that they were stuck in the canal, Burrows and Cianfrini now believe "it was kind of a luck thing we got stuck because we didn't know there were attackers on the other side."
After 10 to 15 minutes of sporadic gunfire, the insurgents left the scene leaving both pilots with a sense of "amazement that you're still there."
Having already sent out a distress signal, the pilots soon heard American aircraft overhead.
Burrows made visual contact with a Kiowa helicopter from their unit that guided an Apache helicopter to their position on the ground.
Apaches are narrow two-seater attack helicopters where the pilot sits behind the co-pilot. Designed to carry missiles on its wingmounts, there is no room on the aircraft for additional passengers.
When the Apache landed, Burrows said the co-pilot got out of his front seat to make sure they weren't injured. He then strapped Cianfrini into his seat and closed the hatch.
The Apache pilot then led Burrows to the gun mount on the left side of the helicopter.
"I then sat on a ledge up against the engine and clipped in with a little safety harness strap," said Burrows. "The Apache pilot then went to the other side of the helicopter where he strapped himself in as well."
Once both pilots were safely strapped to the gun mounts, the Apache took off for a Baghdad airstrip. The Apache pilots quickly unloaded their passengers then took off again to continue with their original mission.
Gun camera video released by the Pentagon today shows the Apache in flight with one of the pilots strapped to the gun mount.
Both Burrows and Cinfriani say they were left on the tarmac waiting for an ambulance to arrive, and to reflect on what had just occurred.
"We just kind of stood there and dumbfounded that after that last half hour, 40 minutes we were actually standing in the middle of a ramp in Baghdad," said Burrows.
Both pilots are grateful for their rescue. "We're glad so many people went out of their way to ensure we got home."
Copyright 2007 ABCNEWS.com
2007-07-04 10:12:13
Posted: 2007-07-04 14:08:44
[News Story]
The 2 Pilots shot down and "miraculously" unfound is referring to what happened last night:
- I was watching "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed"
- I saw that Matthew Lillard plays Shaggy
- Matthew Lillard = Matthew = Matt = Matt Erickson = Sunny Leone's Fiance
Ironically enough, I remember in Junior High having classmate named Matt. We were eating lunch in the cafeteria when he sneezed and had snot shoot out of his nose. He wiped it off with his finger and lowered his hand to throw it on the floor.
I was sitting right next to him and the snot that was on his hand got flung off and splattered on my beige pants. I was so grossed out and upset because Matt wasn't paying attention. I didn't want to wear those pants anymore because every time I looked at them, it reminded me of Matt's snot all over my pant leg.
Matt Erickson runs parallel to Matthew Willert:
- Matthew Willert's sister killed because the significant other was drunk.
- I said that Sunny Leone and her Fiance Matt Erickson are actually siblings
- I said that's how you get that Gay Mario and Luigi Relationship
- My 5th Grade Teacher was Karen Plummer
- Karen is Sunny Leone's real name
- Plum(M)er = Plum(B)er when 5/29(M/13/Rhode Island) = Taurus(B/2)
- Matthew is a Sagittarius born 12/10 and 2 days after my mom
- 2 = 2nd Sign = Taurus = Sunny Leone
- He runs parallel to my biological father born in Scorpio on 11/19 meaning 11/11 + 8 (Scorpio)
- Isabella Valentine is born 11/11
- Sunny Leone's Fiance = Matt Erickson = Eric born 11/11
- Sarah Michelle Gellar plays Daphne Blake
- Daphne Blake = Initials DB = 42 = 42nd State = Washington State inducted 11/11
- She played Karen Davis in "The Grudge"
- Sunny Leone's real name is Karen
- I said Davis is the name of my former business associate
It should be that way where you let things air out on either side because if you just tilt things in favor of one side, it will create problems.
It's the same reason why you rotate your tires every couple thousand miles so that you don't wear down the treads. If you keep on riding the same wheels, you'll get bald tires.
I'm the Hare referring to Hair because I'm born Year of the Rabbit.
U.S. Pilots Make Daring Escape in Iraq
By LUIS MARTINEZ,ABC News
(July 3) -- 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.
The OH-58 Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter flown by Chief Warrant Officers Mark Burrows and Steven Cianfrini was flying a routine mission in support of ground troops when it was forced down by heavy gunfire.
Burrows and Cianfrini survived the crash landing with only minor cuts and bruises, but came under immediate ground fire as the insurgents who had shot them continued to fire on the aircraft.
Facing gunfire from both sides of the helicopter, Burrows and Cianfrini crawled into an irrigation canal next to where the helicopter had crash landed.
Both pilots were soon stuck in neck-deep water with no way to get out because gunfire continued to rain down on them from both sides of the canal.
"Personally, I thought we were done, " said Cianfrini in an interview with ABC News. Burrows said, "I thought that it would be a matter of time before all of those bullets found us."
Originally feeling helpless that they were stuck in the canal, Burrows and Cianfrini now believe "it was kind of a luck thing we got stuck because we didn't know there were attackers on the other side."
After 10 to 15 minutes of sporadic gunfire, the insurgents left the scene leaving both pilots with a sense of "amazement that you're still there."
Having already sent out a distress signal, the pilots soon heard American aircraft overhead.
Burrows made visual contact with a Kiowa helicopter from their unit that guided an Apache helicopter to their position on the ground.
Apaches are narrow two-seater attack helicopters where the pilot sits behind the co-pilot. Designed to carry missiles on its wingmounts, there is no room on the aircraft for additional passengers.
When the Apache landed, Burrows said the co-pilot got out of his front seat to make sure they weren't injured. He then strapped Cianfrini into his seat and closed the hatch.
The Apache pilot then led Burrows to the gun mount on the left side of the helicopter.
"I then sat on a ledge up against the engine and clipped in with a little safety harness strap," said Burrows. "The Apache pilot then went to the other side of the helicopter where he strapped himself in as well."
Once both pilots were safely strapped to the gun mounts, the Apache took off for a Baghdad airstrip. The Apache pilots quickly unloaded their passengers then took off again to continue with their original mission.
Gun camera video released by the Pentagon today shows the Apache in flight with one of the pilots strapped to the gun mount.
Both Burrows and Cinfriani say they were left on the tarmac waiting for an ambulance to arrive, and to reflect on what had just occurred.
"We just kind of stood there and dumbfounded that after that last half hour, 40 minutes we were actually standing in the middle of a ramp in Baghdad," said Burrows.
Both pilots are grateful for their rescue. "We're glad so many people went out of their way to ensure we got home."
Copyright 2007 ABCNEWS.com
2007-07-04 10:12:13
Posted: 2007-07-04 14:08:44
[News Story]