Two Army helicopter pilots chose Kentucky to put down roots, gathering family around them. Now one is gone, killed in an accident over the Mediterranean.
When the crew awoke, the MH-47 was upside down with the ramp crushed shut, the cockpit and forward part of the aircraft was demolished and fires had started on both ends.
This week marks the 32nd anniversary of an airplane crash that killed 248 soldiers and eight crew members in Gander, Newfoundland. CWO3 Mickael Cruz talks about his father, who died in one of the most tragic events in the history of the 101st Airborne Division.