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Army Has Notified All But One Family of Crash Victims
Aired March 12, 2003 - 14:02 ET
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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Heavy snow at the crash site. It is slowing down the investigation of that Black Hawk helicopter crash at Fort Drum, New -- New York, excuse me. Eleven soldiers were killed in that crash, and two were injured, one of them critically.
Our Jason Carroll is live at Fort Drum right now -- Jason, hello.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Daryn. And the base commander is expected to give us a press briefing in just about 20 minutes from now, expected to release the names and the home towns from those victims from that Black Hawk helicopter crash.
As you said, bad weather was definitely not making the job of surveying the site of the crash easier for investigators who have been out here all day long trying to determine exactly what happened. Military spokesperson says that that Black Hawk helicopter went down yesterday afternoon during a routine training mission. Early on today, one of the Army chaplains came out and described what a difficult process it has been to notify the families.
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CHAPLAIN WATSON, U.S. ARMY: Everything possible is being done for soldiers and families. That certainly includes the spiritual and emotional side of things. For us chaplains right now, that's a 24- hour process for the foreseeable future.
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CARROLL: Again, the base commander expected to come out and give us some sort of a briefing where he is expected to release the names and the home towns of the victims.
We are told that he will release all the names except for one. Apparently, the Army is still having trouble reaching one of the soldiers' families -- Daryn.
KAGAN: Jason, I understand there are criminal investigators on the scene of this accident, but that's just standard procedure?
CARROLL: That is standard procedure. One particular arm of the Army that's involved in investigating these types of crashes. It's the Army's equivalent of the FBI, if you will. But we're told that nothing should be read into that. Any time there is a -- any type of military accident, this agency moves in, and it takes part as part of the investigation.
KAGAN: Jason Carroll from Fort Drum, New York. Jason, thank you.
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Aired March 12, 2003 - 14:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Heavy snow at the crash site. It is slowing down the investigation of that Black Hawk helicopter crash at Fort Drum, New -- New York, excuse me. Eleven soldiers were killed in that crash, and two were injured, one of them critically.
Our Jason Carroll is live at Fort Drum right now -- Jason, hello.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Daryn. And the base commander is expected to give us a press briefing in just about 20 minutes from now, expected to release the names and the home towns from those victims from that Black Hawk helicopter crash.
As you said, bad weather was definitely not making the job of surveying the site of the crash easier for investigators who have been out here all day long trying to determine exactly what happened. Military spokesperson says that that Black Hawk helicopter went down yesterday afternoon during a routine training mission. Early on today, one of the Army chaplains came out and described what a difficult process it has been to notify the families.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHAPLAIN WATSON, U.S. ARMY: Everything possible is being done for soldiers and families. That certainly includes the spiritual and emotional side of things. For us chaplains right now, that's a 24- hour process for the foreseeable future.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARROLL: Again, the base commander expected to come out and give us some sort of a briefing where he is expected to release the names and the home towns of the victims.
We are told that he will release all the names except for one. Apparently, the Army is still having trouble reaching one of the soldiers' families -- Daryn.
KAGAN: Jason, I understand there are criminal investigators on the scene of this accident, but that's just standard procedure?
CARROLL: That is standard procedure. One particular arm of the Army that's involved in investigating these types of crashes. It's the Army's equivalent of the FBI, if you will. But we're told that nothing should be read into that. Any time there is a -- any type of military accident, this agency moves in, and it takes part as part of the investigation.
KAGAN: Jason Carroll from Fort Drum, New York. Jason, thank you.
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