Topic: - on November 27, 2002 at 7:26:12 PM CET
Helicopter 'blows' men to safety
The crew of a police helicopter have been praised after using the aircraft to "blow to safety" two men who were drowning in a freezing river. A civilian pilot accompanied by two Northumbria Police observers used the down-draught from the force helicopter to blow the men to the banks on the River Tyne in Newcastle.
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