WP's "Faces of the Fallen" updated to include the two helicopter crashes

[RobertSeattle]

Don't follow the link unless you want to get mad

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/facesofthefallen.htm?nav=hptop_ts

[chiburb]

1. PBS Newshour....

Still does a silent photo of the newly dead, with their names and hometowns, every night when they're released. The night they did the 1st chopper crash (16 pictures) I couldn't watch.
However, I'm glad they aren't letting people forget...

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. How Sad

And I guess they don't have a page big enough to show the faces of all of the Iraqi people who have died.

It's a sad Veteran's Day for so many families.

Katy

[maggrwaggr]

3. so you're calling them "crashes" too, or is that a joke?

just wondering.

[RobertSeattle]

4. Well the helicopters did crash after getting shot down

What wording do you prefer? I must have missed the thread that discussed this.

[grasswire]

5. yeah, I got jumped on too...

....for using that word. It's the only noun that describes a helicopter falling from the sky, unless you take a circuitous language path.

Thanks for posting this again. I think it's important to honor the dead by looking at this page.

[RobertSeattle]

6. Thanks

"It's not the fall that kills you - it's the sudden stop."

Since I've ridden in plenty of helicopters, I recall that one of the overarching design criteria for a helicopter is it's ability to crash WITHOUT killing the occupants. Of course, this assumes that the pilot can control the helicopter in some manner as it approaches the ground - something that seems to not have occurred with the these two "incidents".

What I'd like to see is a "Star Wars" effort program for RPGs.