Wow, crazy story, maybe: So Yuriy and I were on one of our breaks and we walked to the Susquehanna River, only a George Washington silver dollar throw away. We ended up right above the dam. We were watching for fish and taking in nature then In the distance, above the market street bridge was a red helicopter. Not one that we were used to seeing, like a news copper or a medical one. It was three times the size and loud even from that distance which I estimate to be almost a half mile. I said to Yuriy, maybe there is a accident down the highway as its path at this time was above the high way heading towards us. Right next to us spanning across the river are tall ugly electrical towers with a string of eight or so wires stretched on them. The helicopter just missed them Yuriy said loudly Woh ho ho then it stopped and turned and was hovering about one hundred feet in front of us and fifty feet up. We could see the mens faces. Yuriy said what the Hell are the crazy bastards doing, they are looking right at us then they flew closer to us now fifty feet away and level with the wires. The pebbles on the ground around us were rattling the plants and shrubs were having a bad day. Then the back end of the beast lifted up like a snake getting ready to bite. Its nose was at 4:00 oclock pointing right at us. Yuriy said in a energetic way, Michael this is the end. Then I said is that a gun attached to the side. Yuriy: looks like it both our voices are shaky at this point. Then the perfect action reaction like a gulf swing. It lifted its ass even more bringing it to 5:30 and then shot right at us then up and over us. Both Yuriy and I at the same time said ohhhhh Shi@ the helicopter then proceeded across the river and let out a yellow spray from what we thought was the gun across and on the river. Yuriy and I nervously joked at the feeling we both had thinking we were at our end. Then we said at the same time again what the hell are they putting in the river I said to Yuriy should we call 911 I know its probably routine but that just seemed crazy with the wires and it coming close to us its just strange, we are told if we see something strange that looks like it could be terrorist to report it so we did, the officer on the other end did not know why a helicopter would do that and said he would call us back. Yuriy and I were in kinda dream state at this point. Then the call came and the officer said it was a planned spray on the river. I asked him what was being sprayed he did not know. So I asked a old fisherman whos voice was like a squeaky Radio, he said he thinks its to kill the bugs. Then for the next half hour we got fish tails from this interesting old river man. It turns out ten years ago his voice started to change and last year he found out it was cancer. They told him if you would have come to us ten years ago we could have got rid of it. He laughed and said what a kicker. Then he said when I was in war I felt what you young men felt hear today with those cowboys in that bird. Every day I felt it from bombs to birds to bullets, the blood of a friends stained on my clothing, you are lucky to have felt what you felt if just for a moment without the stains of war. We said our goodbyes I thanked him for his sacrifice and his continued pain. Yuriy Karabash and I walked back to the our studio in aw and were thankful for our little break into nature! We learned so much. From a man whom did not go with his gut ten years ago to a valid but false alarm 911 call today you just never know.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:13:42 +0000
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