Saving Lives It is April 2012 A Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU is training They are in Morocco Crash An Osprey aircraft hits the ground The cockpit is crushed The crew is trapped Fuel is spilling out It is very dangerous But marines rush to the crash They must rescue the crew What is an Osprey Q 4
A It is like a chopper and plane in one The rotors can point up like a helicopter Or they can point forward like an airplane 5 An Osprey can fly like a plane or a helicopter
6 Soldiers work together They carry a teammate away from danger
One marine crawls into the Osprey’s cockpit With no tools he tears through metal and straps He frees one pilot The second pilot’s leg is trapped The marine grabs an axe and cuts through the mess The pilot is free Other marines come to pull the pilot out 7
