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2013-05-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Two FBI Hostage Rescure Team (HRT) members killled in training accident

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Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Fell from a helo while fast roping.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-21 08:48|| 2013-05-21 08:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Pirate rescue training for fast-roping to a deck, no 'planned' water contingencies. Bet the PPE were manual.

Helo catches a downdraft, doink, into the drink. Drowned, dragged by a helicopter.

Sad to see you go, brave souls.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-05-21 12:25|| 2013-05-21 12:25|| Front Page Top

#3 I smell a cock-up.

Pre-1984 Summer Olympics high-speed/low drag Bureau HRT train-up at LAX. Coms, security perimeter, snipers established. HRT vehicles and assault team rush to exercise airliner containing terrorists and hostages. Assault team assembles under fuselage and wings. Embarrassed assault team leader discovers boarding ladders not in kit.

US Army advisors work feverishly to contain laughter.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-21 12:34|| 2013-05-21 12:34|| Front Page Top

#4 One of them is from this area. I heard on the news this morning that they fell 90 feet into the water. Does that seem right?

Posted by Barbara 2013-05-21 13:19|| 2013-05-21 13:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Lost a friend and former shipmate in a fast roping accident during an exercise. Sometimes it happens. Not exactly a laughing matter.

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-21 13:35|| 2013-05-21 13:35|| Front Page Top

#6 You will not attain 'terminal velocity' at 90 feet, but falling from that height can easily kill you, particularly if you're loaded down with weapons and gear. If you survive the impact, the challenge then is not being pulled down by your gear [or if jumping, entangled in a parachute] and drowning.

Yes, training accidents are sobering events. If you took my #3 as some attempt at humour, you're fuk'n wrong!

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-21 14:37|| 2013-05-21 14:37|| Front Page Top

#7 If you took my #3 as some attempt at humour, you're fuk'n wrong!

Then I stand corrected.

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-21 16:57|| 2013-05-21 16:57|| Front Page Top

#8 No, it was me that was wrong and churlish. My apologies.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-21 16:58|| 2013-05-21 16:58|| Front Page Top

#9 S'okay. Water, bridge.

I suspect it was 90 feet onto the deck of a ship, or fall-impact with a portion of the ship. I've seen severe skull and spinal impact injuries occur after a drop of 7 feet onto the deck or equipment; survivable skull injuries after being thrown 20-feet up after an explosion.

Still a lousy way to go.

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-21 17:21|| 2013-05-21 17:21|| Front Page Top

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