"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again. "
1. Is this a joke?
2. If you re in Texas, stay away from anything named “Parkland”!!!!!
This would have been approximately the same time as the school shooting in Texas.
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WTF was a military chopper doing flying directly over a school in the first place. Article say military response was to ensure flight patterns are changed. I would have thought at this point that airspace directly over schools and government buildings would be restricted areas. I guess not.
Big Mistake!
They were supposed to drop it through the roof of the Parkland Florida school.
Parkland was the name of the hospital in Texas where JFK was taken after he was shot.
This is the second (at least) recent event involving “Parkland”.
Coincidence? Or is this the Deep State sending a threatening message to POTUS?
Do you know how hard it is to drop something out of an aircraft and hit a target? (Depends on how low the helicopter was. Lower is obviously easier.)
"Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again. "
This is in Northeast El Paso, near Ft Bliss.
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They could have dropped it in my yard M885A1 or 7.62. Ammo is expensive. :-)
What the heck?
Could be the missing Box of Grenades the Air Force lost. LOL
Gun violence at schools really is getting out of control.
Helicopter control!
A “box of ammunition.” Could be heavy. Could be DAMNED HEAVY!”
Sort of reminds me of my work place back when I was shooting competativly and reloading A LOT. The company I was buying my hard-cast bullets from required a signature, so I had them shipped to my workplace. This jerk salesman saw that there was a fairly small box sitting by the loading dock with my name on it. So he decided to kick it! It was 500 255gr .452 LFN bullets, and it was REALLY heavy.
He limped the rest of the day!
Mark
It happens rarely. Learn from it and move on.
What are the odds the school just happens to be named Parkland, and and the very day a shooting in the very same state as this?
The ammo box was completely undamaged, had no dents, scuffs, or other marks that would have been expected from the violent impact with the roof or from its trip through the various layers of the building's structure.
It was found lying in the middle of a stretcher, in the nurse's office, with no other dust or debris nearby.
Oops! An unsecured box while banking...
My buddy from Ft. Campbell said it was not uncommon for sling loads to drop from a helicopter.
When I was in forth grade in Las Vegas an F-105 Thunderchief crashed a block from the school. I was in afternoon recess and saw the jet nose up, full afterburner crash into nearby homes. Eight people were killed plus the pilot,who went down with the plane. His last words were that he was trying to miss the school. Apparently there was a hydraulic failure. The afterburner melted the roof flashing on the school. We didn’t have grief counselors in those days. Also there was ammo and other ordinance scattered around. At first I thought the jet was a Thunderbird doing stunts but the tremendous crash and mushroom cloud brought reality home early.