Pete Pnao
ZNN STAFF WRITER
June 12, 2004
STAFF SGT. Joe Escabo?s lanky frame was fully extended on the rope for what seemed too long on the way down. Hanging from a hovering Blackhawk helicopter, Escabo was a full 70 feet above the streets of Sosua. His goggles had broken, so his eyes chafed in the thick cloud of dust stirred up by the bird's rotors., he was desperately trying to find a landing zone but UBH?s, fierce in their insistence, prevented a clean landing.
Escabo could see Ladybird?s Rolls running fast from her hacienda in the cane fields of Sosua, armed men on donkey?s chasing the car, angrily waving their deadly Plantains
Escabo watched as they chased her into the chaos of Puerto Plata, water pistols blazing over her hood, the terror.
It was such a long descent that the thick nylon rope burned right through the palms of his leather gloves. The rest of his Chalk, his squad, had already roped in, quickly disappearing into car washes????. Nearing the street, through the swirling dust below his feet, Escabo saw a few of his men taking up positions on the war torn city streets
The raid was barely under way, and already something had gone wrong. It was just the first in a series of worsening mishaps that would endanger this daring mission. For Escabo, a five-year veteran from Hoboken, Va., leading men into combat for the first time, it was the beginning of the longest day of his life.
Stories had been circulating about the Warlord that had targeted NATO Citizens in the sprawling Northern Dominican Metropolis of Sosua. Reports of murderers on the loose, Ex Pats being caught up in fierce firefights, Police that refused to heed the pleas of British Ladies forced to wear dirty knickers for days on end, homeowners terrified on their Ranchos by marauding men with machetes, oh the humanity?..
Then the Rangers faced off with heavily armed men. Escabo approached the leader and after tense negotiations, the Warlord agreed to stop harassing Ladybird in turn for 2 pairs of Nikes and her promise to change her knickers.
To make a long story short, after the expenditure of 13 Million dollars, 1200 man hours and several plugged toilets on the USS Boxer, Ladybird was rescued from her tormentors
Thank you Dr Freud
ZNN STAFF WRITER
June 12, 2004
STAFF SGT. Joe Escabo?s lanky frame was fully extended on the rope for what seemed too long on the way down. Hanging from a hovering Blackhawk helicopter, Escabo was a full 70 feet above the streets of Sosua. His goggles had broken, so his eyes chafed in the thick cloud of dust stirred up by the bird's rotors., he was desperately trying to find a landing zone but UBH?s, fierce in their insistence, prevented a clean landing.
Escabo could see Ladybird?s Rolls running fast from her hacienda in the cane fields of Sosua, armed men on donkey?s chasing the car, angrily waving their deadly Plantains
Escabo watched as they chased her into the chaos of Puerto Plata, water pistols blazing over her hood, the terror.
It was such a long descent that the thick nylon rope burned right through the palms of his leather gloves. The rest of his Chalk, his squad, had already roped in, quickly disappearing into car washes????. Nearing the street, through the swirling dust below his feet, Escabo saw a few of his men taking up positions on the war torn city streets
The raid was barely under way, and already something had gone wrong. It was just the first in a series of worsening mishaps that would endanger this daring mission. For Escabo, a five-year veteran from Hoboken, Va., leading men into combat for the first time, it was the beginning of the longest day of his life.
Stories had been circulating about the Warlord that had targeted NATO Citizens in the sprawling Northern Dominican Metropolis of Sosua. Reports of murderers on the loose, Ex Pats being caught up in fierce firefights, Police that refused to heed the pleas of British Ladies forced to wear dirty knickers for days on end, homeowners terrified on their Ranchos by marauding men with machetes, oh the humanity?..
Then the Rangers faced off with heavily armed men. Escabo approached the leader and after tense negotiations, the Warlord agreed to stop harassing Ladybird in turn for 2 pairs of Nikes and her promise to change her knickers.
To make a long story short, after the expenditure of 13 Million dollars, 1200 man hours and several plugged toilets on the USS Boxer, Ladybird was rescued from her tormentors
Thank you Dr Freud
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