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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The KWTV helicopter pilot has been chasing storms in the air for decades. He has some astonishing video shot from the air. He knows where to be to be safe, however just last month a brick size chunk of hail smashed through the canopy and hit him in the leg. He landed safely at the airport and they got it fixed. No damage to the pilot.
The station owns two helicopters. The other one was in a hangar and staged to be ready to cover the tornadoes, but the tornado found the helicopter first, and destroyed it in the hangar. The tail was cut off from beams of the hanger falling on it.
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I hadn't heard about the 2nd helicopter. My grandfather's farm (deceased now) was at the corner of HWY 74 and HWY 74B (the Cole Road). That corner is 3 miles South of I-35 at the Golsby exit. It would have been a rough month for him and the cows if he were still there.