AWINTER
AWINTER BLAST THE NEWS STARTS NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>>
NOW. >>> NEW IMAGES OF THE SITE
WHERE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD
HELICOPTER WENT DOWN KILLING
THE THREE CREW MEMBERS ABOARD.
ARMY INVESTIGATORS ARE SET TO
ARRIVE IN MINNESOTA TODAY.
TONIGHT, FLAGS ACROSS THE STATE
ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF IN
HONOR OF THOSE THREE SOLDIERS,
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
THE CRASH INVESTIGATION WE
BEGIN WITH BOYD HOOPER LIVE
NEAR THE CRASH SITE JUST SOUTH
OF SAINT CLOUD.
>>> THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL
SUNSET HERE JUST ABOUT 20
MINUTES AGO, STOOD IN CONTRAST
TO THAT SOMBER SEEN BENEATH IT,
ACTUALLY SEVERAL THINGS OF
BEAUTY THAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY,
AMONG THEM, THE FLAG THAT WAS
ERECTED BEHIND ME BY NEIGHBORS
WHO JUST WANTED TO DO WHAT THEY
COULD TO HELP.
>> QUIET IS THE NORM ALONG MILL
CREEK NEAR MARTY WHICH MADE THE
SOUND.
SOUND.
SOUND. >>
SOUND. >> NOTHING LIKE THIS.
>> HEARD YESTERDAY ALL THE MORE
JARRING.
JARRING.
JARRING. >>> IT WAS LIKE A TRAIN WAS
GOING TO COME THROUGH MY HOUSE.
MY HOUSE RATTLED AND MADE A
NOISE.
NOISE.
NOISE. >>> SHELLEY COULD NOT IMAGINE
WHAT HAD JUST TRANSPIRED
ROUGHLY A QUARTER MILE FROM HER
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. THREE PEOPLE DEAD, ALL MEMBERS
OF THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD
ON A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT IN A
BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER.
>>> IT MAKES ME SAD, I KNOW
THAT PEOPLE LOST LOVED ONES,
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. >>> TODAY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS AND MILITARY MEMBERS
IN FATIGUES CAME AND WENT FROM
THE CRASH SITE WHILE NEIGHBORS
GRIEVED FOR PEOPLE THEY DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW.
EVEN KNOW. >> JUST TO SHOW THEM OUR
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. >> THE CRIPNER FAMILY OWNS THE
LAND IN WHICH THE BLACKHAWK
CRASHED NEAR BY THEY ERECTED AN
AMERICAN FLAG THEN SAID A
PRAYER.
PRAYER.
PRAYER. >> LET THE LORD BE WITH THEM,
WE ARE JUST SITTING AT HOME NOT
DOING ANYTHING, AND I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO
JUST DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE
FOR THE FAMILIES TO LET THEM
KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING OF
THEM ALSO.
THEM ALSO. >> ALREADY, THEY ARE PLANNING A
PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
PERMANENT MEMORIAL. >> JUST TO LET THE FAMILIES
COME HERE IF THEY WANT TO LOOK
AT THE SITE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, THEY GOT SOMETHING THAT
WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR THEM IF
THEY EVER WANT TO VISIT IT.
>> LATE IN THE DAY THE
CRIPNER'S WERE BACK.
>> WASN'T QUITE DONE YET.
>> WITH AN EDITION BRIGHTENING
THE SAME SKIES YESTERDAY,
DARKND.
DARKND.
DARKND. >> NOW IT IS COMPLETE.
>> WE HAVE SIMILAR ACTS OF
KINDNESS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA,
THIS IS A TIGHT-KNIT AREA, THIS
AREA AROUND MARTY, PEOPLE VERY
CONNECTED, THEY ARE DOING WHAT
THEY CAN TO HELP.
SHARON HUGH JOINS US JUST ABOUT
A MILE FROM HERE IN WHAT IS
DOWNTOWN, MARTY.
DOWNTOWN, MARTY. >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, BOYD,
WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT IT BEING A
TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY EVER SINCE
THAT CRASH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
THE SMALL CHURCH AND SCHOOL HAS
BECOME A CENTRAL GATHERING
POINT AND EARLIER THE RED CROSS
IS HERE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CAME
THROUGH HERE AS WELL.
>> THIS IS, I THINK, FIRST TIME
I CAN REMEMBER THIS MUCH
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY. >> A SMALL CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT ALL, THE FATHER SAYS
SINCE THURSDAY'S BLACK HAWK
HELICOPTER CRASH, HIS CHURCH
HAS BEEN BUSY.
>> IT IS OVERWHELMING A LITTLE
BIT, JUST TRYING TO SAY WHAT
CAN WE DO TO AT LEAST ASSIST IN
THE PROCESS.
THE PROCESS. >> HE SAYS THE SMALL COMMUNITY
OF KIMBALL AND SURROUNDING
AREAS HAVE BEEN GENEROUS WITH
FOOD AND WATER DONATIONS.
>> I THINK DROPPING OFF FOR THE
PEOPLE WORKING ON THE SCENES,
SO INVESTIGATORS HAVE DONE AT
THE SITE, COMING THROUGH,
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS GOING
TO GO TO THE FAMILIES, SOUNDS
LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A
GATHERING TONIGHT, SOME WILL GO
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> THE FATHER SAYS THEY ARE ALL
NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER, AND THAT HE IS READY
TO LISTEN IF ANYONE NEEDS
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. >> IT IS VERY SAD AND I
HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT NOT CAUSED BUT
GOD IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH
THAT AND BE WILLING TO, IF IT
IS NOT THE TIME TO SHARE WHAT
YOU ARE FEELING EXACTLY, BUT,
YOU KNOW, COME BACK AND WE CAN
TALK ABOUT IT MORE, JUST TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE, AND
IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
>> THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD
SAYS THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION TO SHARE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON IN A NEWS CONFERENCE,
THAT'S WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THOSE
KILLED YESTERDAY.
KILLED YESTERDAY. GUYS?
GUYS?
GUYS? >>>
GUYS? >>> THANK YOU.
STAY WITH KARE 11 FOR
CONTINUING COVERAGE ON BLACK
HAWK CRASH WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER
LIVE UPDATE AHEAD TONIGHT AT
6:00 WE'LL BE POSTING NEW
INFORMATION AS