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    NC GUARDSMAN RESCUES PILOT FROM BURNING PLANE [Image 2 of 2]

    NC GUARDSMAN RESCUES PILOT FROM BURNING PLANE

    MORGANTON, NC, UNITED STATES

    02.14.2017

    Photo by Lt. Col. Matthew Devivo 

    North Carolina National Guard

    A single-engine plane crashed in a field at approximately 4:30 p.m. in Morganton, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Within minutes of the crash, North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Charles Roper was pulling the pilot from the burning cockpit. Roper was on his way to pick his children up from school when he noticed a plane flying very low, almost at tree top level. Roper (pictured at Lenoir Field Maintenance Shop # 2. ) is no stranger to helping rescue people in dangerous situations. He was a Morganton public safety officer for 6 years and responded to many car wrecks, house fires and other adrenalin pumping emergencies.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 02.14.2017
    Date Posted: 02.15.2017 13:26
    Photo ID: 3167865
    VIRIN: 170214-A-QM883-737
    Resolution: 557x768
    Size: 63.79 KB
    Location: MORGANTON, NC, US

    Web Views: 351
    Downloads: 12

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