chopper

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But it also attracted scores of photographers, visual artists, taggers and scene kids who documented the unruly energy brimming over these grim industrial landscapes, lighted up with flames and police chopper spotlights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Watch how this small chopper flown inside a C-130 transport plane was used to rescue the U.S. aviator trapped in Iran after his F-15 was shot down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

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

We walked or, it seemed, wandered for nearly an hour before Simpson called in the chopper to take us back.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers