chopper

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The Coast Guard swimmer who jumped time and again from a chopper into the raging waters of the July 2025 Texas flood, saving 165 lives, was also honored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"Five more minutes, and I would have left you," the pilot tells the reporters as they clamber back in, the chopper stuttering up and banking over the town's remains.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

"And no-one went to the spot that the chopper was hovering over until later that day when the police arrived."

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

The chopper remained level at that altitude as its crew pulled within five nautical miles of the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

A chopper that had been cycling above started to descend and move toward the crowd.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah