And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Qoute from an eye witness...info is readilly available on the www. "USS Theodore Roosevelt during Desert Storm in 1991 when this happened. No one knew what actually happened until they saw a man crawl out of the engine and then collapse. When first seen crawling out of the engine it was thought the man was a mechanic checking the engine after it shut down, then collapsed. Then it was realized what just happened. When he got sucked in, his cranial helmet got pulled off his head and went first into the engine before he did, and that's what saved his life."
Back in the late 80's I met a guy who was sucked into a 737 engine at a safety talk, he was giving the talk and was from Hawaiian Airlines. One of his arms was gone almost up to the elbow. During a maintenance run the engine suction grabbed him and pulled him in, someone saw his legs sticking out and shut the run down. He said he had his one arm pushed against the 6 o'clock which saved him. His other arm didn't slow the engine down but the pen that was in his pocket damaged the engine. I asked. They moved the "Danger" line farther back after his accident.
Yer tellin' me that guy SURVIVED that experience?
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DeleteThe video and the backstory are famous (notorious) in USN carrier ops safety briefings.
Oh yeah...he survived with minor injuries. The A-6's engine, on the other hand......
DeleteQoute from an eye witness...info is readilly available on the www.
ReplyDelete"USS Theodore Roosevelt during Desert Storm in 1991 when this happened. No one knew what actually happened until they saw a man crawl out of the engine and then collapse. When first seen crawling out of the engine it was thought the man was a mechanic checking the engine after it shut down, then collapsed. Then it was realized what just happened. When he got sucked in, his cranial helmet got pulled off his head and went first into the engine before he did, and that's what saved his life."
Back in the late 80's I met a guy who was sucked into a 737 engine at a safety talk, he was giving the talk and was from Hawaiian Airlines. One of his arms was gone almost up to the elbow. During a maintenance run the engine suction grabbed him and pulled him in, someone saw his legs sticking out and shut the run down. He said he had his one arm pushed against the 6 o'clock which saved him.
ReplyDeleteHis other arm didn't slow the engine down but the pen that was in his pocket damaged the engine. I asked.
They moved the "Danger" line farther back after his accident.
We had a stewardess back into a propeller on a puddle-jumper.
ReplyDeleteDis-assed her.
My son was on the Roosevelt in '91....he never mentioned it....he was a Nuke so maybe he didn't know....
ReplyDeleteI was on the Theodore Roosevelt from 73 to 75. Oh, never mind. Different boat.
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