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Soldiers Injured When Helicopter Shot Down Spoke for First Time
Aired November 05, 2003 - 07:33 ET
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SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, just moments ago in a live news conference, soldiers who were injured on Sunday when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq spoke for the first time about the deadly attack.
Barbara Starr is live for us at the Pentagon this morning with more on what they had to say -- Barbara, good morning.
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Soledad.
Indeed, some very emotional words from some of those soldiers injured in the helicopter attack in Iraq a few days ago, now speaking from their hospital beds in Germany about what happened to them. One of the young men offering a very chilling description.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there a question? I heard a loud explosion and the airplane kind of shook a little bit. I felt it start falling and after that I think I went unconscious and the last time I remember waking up was in the hospital so.
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STARR: And, Soledad, like so many other soldiers that we've talked to that have been injured in Iraq, these men said they are very anxious to get back to their buddies, get back to their units in Iraq.
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SGT. RAYMOND LITTLEFIELD, U.S. ARMY: I feel eventually we will be heading back. There will be other -- it's going to be going on for a long time, many years to come. I feel we will be heading back to Iraq.
QUESTION: How do you feel about that?
LITTLEFIELD: I'm ready to do it, sir, and I'm proud to do it. So let's go do it. I've seen a lot of people that need our help.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STARR: And, Soledad, the investigation into this attack continues. Still trying to determine exactly what happened, how the helicopter was hit and whether the helicopter was, indeed, fully equipped with all of the evasive equipment that it might have been able to use and why that equipment maybe didn't succeed in this instance -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: CNN's Barbara Starr at the Pentagon for us this morning.
Barbara, thanks.
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Aired November 5, 2003 - 07:33 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, just moments ago in a live news conference, soldiers who were injured on Sunday when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq spoke for the first time about the deadly attack.
Barbara Starr is live for us at the Pentagon this morning with more on what they had to say -- Barbara, good morning.
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Soledad.
Indeed, some very emotional words from some of those soldiers injured in the helicopter attack in Iraq a few days ago, now speaking from their hospital beds in Germany about what happened to them. One of the young men offering a very chilling description.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there a question? I heard a loud explosion and the airplane kind of shook a little bit. I felt it start falling and after that I think I went unconscious and the last time I remember waking up was in the hospital so.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STARR: And, Soledad, like so many other soldiers that we've talked to that have been injured in Iraq, these men said they are very anxious to get back to their buddies, get back to their units in Iraq.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SGT. RAYMOND LITTLEFIELD, U.S. ARMY: I feel eventually we will be heading back. There will be other -- it's going to be going on for a long time, many years to come. I feel we will be heading back to Iraq.
QUESTION: How do you feel about that?
LITTLEFIELD: I'm ready to do it, sir, and I'm proud to do it. So let's go do it. I've seen a lot of people that need our help.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STARR: And, Soledad, the investigation into this attack continues. Still trying to determine exactly what happened, how the helicopter was hit and whether the helicopter was, indeed, fully equipped with all of the evasive equipment that it might have been able to use and why that equipment maybe didn't succeed in this instance -- Soledad.
O'BRIEN: CNN's Barbara Starr at the Pentagon for us this morning.
Barbara, thanks.
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