My Brother's Helo Goes Down - My brother, LT Christian Hescock is dead.
Sept. 24, 2007, 10:26PM
Navy helicopter crash in Guam kills 1. Three other crew members injured.
Associated Press
HAGATNA, Guam — A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed late Monday during a training mission in Guam, killing one of four people on board, the Navy said.The helicopter from the Sea Combat 25 squadron crashed into the Fena Reservoir on Navy property near Naval Magazine in Santa Rita.
Three members of the crew were rescued and transported to the island territory's Navy hospital. Lt. Donnell Evans, a Navy spokesman, said one crew member had a broken arm while the other two were treated for minor injuries.
The body of the fourth crew member was recovered from the water, Guam Fire Department spokesman Angel Llagas said. The names of the crew members were not released.
The helicopter squadron in Guam is the Navy's only one of its type. Its mission includes resupplying ships and providing 24-hour search and rescue and evacuation services for the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Navy identifies crew member who died in Guam helicopter crash
By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition,
The Navy has identified the crewmember killed in Monday night’s helicopter crash on U.S. Naval Base Guam.
Lt. Christian Hescock, 34, died about two hours after the MH-60 Seahawk crashed into Fena Reservoir at about 10:30 p.m., during a training mission, said Lt. Donnell Evans, a Naval Base Guam spokesman.
Hescock, whose position was not released, was pronounced dead en route to the hospital.
Evans said the remaining three crewmembers, all men, were hurt in the crash, including a 27-year-old who suffered a dislocated shoulder. The other two, identified only as being ages 27 and 20, sustained minor injuries.
All were treated at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam. Evans could not confirm Tuesday whether any of the servicemembers had been released.
The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, stationed at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam.
Evans said Tuesday he had no more details on the cause of the crash.
“Right now, we’re still in the recovery and investigative phases,” he said. “The majority of the aircraft is submerged. … Once we’re able to recover the aircraft, we can start the investigation.”
Evans said a memorial service for Hescock may be held in the coming days.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Eric & Mindy Pidek - USN - OCS
Shaun,
My name is Eric Pidek and I am speaking for both my wife Mindy and I. I met Christian 13 years ago in Pensacola when he and I were going through Aircrew School straight out of Boot camp. We followed each other up to A school and had lots of great times, eventually our careers took different paths. They reconverged though, when he and I both received commissions and ended up back in Pensacola at exactly the same time. I still remember how surprised I was to see him over at the swimming pool in his Officer khaki's during the check-in process. We took the same course throughout Primary Flight training, being next door neighbors in Corpus and Formation Flight Partners in Primary, he had come up with the name "Yogi Flight" for our solo formation and myself being vertically challenged affectionately referred to me as Boo boo. He and Ruth were great friends to us in Corpus, always a joy to be around, and part of our fondest memories from that period of our life. We are deeply sorry for your loss, and our deepest sympathy goes out to Ruth, yourself and your family and everyone else who Christian's joyful spirit touched. We will miss Christian yet we will remember the great times that we had while he was around and feel blessed that our paths crossed.
Eric and Mindy Pidek
1 comment:
Hey Eric it's me Adam Heskett. adam.heskett@yahoo.com. Miss you man.
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