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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Is there any possibility that CNN is helping to defray the costs of the fuel in exchange for having the publicity? Still not particularly humanitarian of them - I'm sure the people who still have missing relatives aren't feeling all that happy to see that space taken up by the news guys.
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There are hundreds--hundreds--of choppers over the skies of Houston right now. The choppers aren't hurting for gas money, not now. Maybe a few months down the road, some might be hurting for gas money, but now? Oh, no. You can assume that the military brought a bunch of gas with them, too, to help out. The Blackhawks are being flown by governmental entities--search and rescue, Staties, etc. Not private citizens. (n.b.: until recently, Blackhwaks were off-limits for anything but military, so it's
extremely unlikely that's Joe Bob and his two brothers flying that sucker.)
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Originally Posted by wodin
But, but; but... you can't get a Pulitzer for filming a Blackhawk take off and land.  |
Indeed. You speak the truth, brother.
I will say that there's one aspect--the guys and gals who do the rescuing don't get a lot of credit, really, in their day-to-day lives, so knowing that the public is watching them do their thing probably explains why they allowed those idiots in the thing in the first place--but they don't need to be there all godd*amned day.
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