The View From Above
I got to thinking, I can tell people what its like to fly over hostile cities and try to keep an eye out for the bad guy with a missile or some other nefarious means to shoot me down, but can they really relate to what I am saying? Especially if they have never been in a helicopter?
Well here is a good idea of what I am talking about. This is the outskirts of a major city, and not a friendly one (are there any here?). Now imagine yourself looking out of a window at this as it passes by trying to identify a single person or vehicle with a missile or other weapon pointed at you before he fires it at you. Even at lower altitudes, this is pretty difficult. On top of that, you have nothing to return fire with as you are unarmed, and you might have a patient in the litter you are trying to work.
Such is my life.
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Eh Doc,
You mean you still have to worry about the bad guys at that altitude? Seriously?
Hey, I’ve been in a helo. Of course it wasn’t over any cities where I had to worry about what you are.
Hope that you were able to focus most of your attention on the patient in the litter.
Just stay safe…
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 02/17/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.