A good fourth of July story about the two New York helicopter pilots who were shot down near Baghdad and lived to tell about it

The two pilots in the widely publicized incident a couple of days ago are both New Yorkers, and their unit is based in Fort Drum, NY. Pilots Shot Down in Iraq Tell of Dramatic Escape – washingtonpost.com As it lost altitude, the Kiowa started to shake violently, its main rotor damaged. Burrows said he decided … Read more

Another cub scout overnight trip with Tim

Having survived rafting on the Lehigh River last weekend Tom Faranda’s Folly: Photos from the weekend, including rafting and a friend’s retirement party , Tim and I yesterday evening went to the Hudson Valley Renegades minor league baseball game (Just the two of us, Brigid and Joe passed on this one). We went along with … Read more