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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:26 PM
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I wish the news networks would report OTHER helicopter crashes
with the same breathless enthusiam.

U.S. identifies four Marines killed in helicopter crash
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/21/sprj.irq.war.uscasualties/
U.S. helicopter crash kills 12 in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/08/iraq.main/
2 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq helicopter crash
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4348014/
British troops die in helicopter crash in Iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_2871000/2871313.stm
11 die in helicopter crash
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/21/iraq.main/index.html

I'm sorry--call me cynical. This warranted about 15-20 minutes coverage until it was ascertained that it was not a plane flown into a building.
It is now local news.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:27 PM
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1. Very good point n/t
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:28 PM
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2. cnn said it was a 2 engine small craft, not a heli -nt-
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:29 PM
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3. Originally, there were mixed reports. It's now apparently confirmed as a
plane.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-11-06 02:29 PM
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4. MSNBC said it was a helicopter
That's when I turned it off.:shrug:
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