Great job by these soldiers serving up at Panmunjom for rescuing this ROK farmer last week:
U.S. and South Korean soldiers attached to the United Nations Command Security Battalion in the Joint Security Area on the border with North Korea rush a South Korean farmer to a U.S. Forces Korea helicopter that carried him to a hospital on May 31, 2017.
U.S. and South Korean soldiers stationed in the Demilitarized Zone that separates the country from the North responded to a different kind of emergency last week.
A farmer in Taesong-dong, the only South Korean village located in the heavily fortified area, got his right leg caught in a tractor Wednesday. His mother, who was with him, called the village chief, who contacted the civilian affairs company with the security battalion at the nearby Joint Security Area.
Soldiers acted quickly, rendering first aid while the farmer was bleeding profusely. U.S. Forces Korea, meanwhile, sent a helicopter to medevac him to a hospital, Jung Dongho, a public affairs officer with the security battalion, said Friday.
The farmer, who was only identified by his surname Choi, was flown to the Ajou University Hospital in Suwon, where he underwent surgery for four hours. He remains hospitalized so doctors can monitor his condition, Jung said, adding it took just over an hour from the time of the 5:15 p.m. accident to get Choi to the hospital. [Stars & Stripes]
@Flyingsword, I think you are on to something. If a THAAD launcher needs a year long environmental study to sit on a golf course putting green that helicopter probably needs a longer assessment considering the threat to the grass and birds from landing where it did. 😉
Good thing they didn’t have to wait for the environmental impact study…..
@Flyingsword, I think you are on to something. If a THAAD launcher needs a year long environmental study to sit on a golf course putting green that helicopter probably needs a longer assessment considering the threat to the grass and birds from landing where it did. 😉