HAI honors California National Guard 40th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 and UH-60 Black Hawk crews HAI Press Release | March 7, 2021
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Helicopter Association International (HAI) is pleased to announce the California National Guard 40th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 and UH-60 Black Hawk crews are the 2021 recipients of the association’s Humanitarian Service Award. The award, sponsored by Sikorsky, honors the person or persons who best demonstrate the value of helicopters to the communities in which they operate by providing aid to those in need.
CH-47 Chinook Crew: (from left) CW2 Brady Hlbain, SGT Cameron Powell, SGT George Esquivel, and CW5 Joesph Rosamond. HAI Photo
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December 27, 2020 12:00 PM
Flames had encircled them, hundreds of them. They were stranded with no hope of rescue, told instead to wade into the waters of the Mammoth Pool Reservoir and hope the fire would pass them by. But, as their prospects waned, a daring rescue mission was being organized.
Daniel Crouch, who had been trapped with his family behind the lines of a wildfire while on a camping trip, desperately retreated to the protective waters to escape certain death. He floated with his head just above the water s surface, dodging the embers that poured down and trying not to inhale the deadly smoke. His three-year-old grandson clung to a cooler lid nearby.