Pilots describe fear of parachuting into Iraq

Thursday, April 3, 2003

ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK -- The two Americans bailed out of a failing F-14 Tomcat fighter jet in the Iraqi desert, and when rescuers asked if they could walk, they didn't hesitate.

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