North Dakota National Guard members mix with civilian flood-fighting volunteers who pack the floor of the Fargo Dome in an effort to fill sandbags used to block the rising waters of the Red River, Fargo, N.D., March 24.
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Helicopter Crew Rescues Stranded Citizens.
BISMARCK, N.D. - In response to a request from emergency services officialsof Grant County, N.D., through the N.D. Department of Emergency Services, a N.D. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was dispatched to rescue fellow North Dakotans stranded by rising flood waters. The air emergency request was met within one hour, with the helicopter launching from Bismarck at about 6 p.m. on March 22. It was piloted by Maj.Paul Helton and Chief Warrant Officer Monte Myers with crew chiefs Staff Sgt.Mike Carlson and Sgt. Monte Weiand. The first rescue was of two citizens and two dogs from a farm in rural Carson, N.D. The second rescue of two citizens was from a farm near New Leipzig, N.D. Both farms were surrounded by four to five feet of floodwaters,making overland rescue impossible. March 22, 2009.
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Helicopter Crew Rescues Stranded Citizens.
BISMARCK, N.D. - In response to a request from emergency services officialsof Grant County, N.D., through the N.D. Department of Emergency Services, a N.D. Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was dispatched to rescue fellow North Dakotans stranded by rising flood waters. The air emergency request was met within one hour, with the helicopter launching from Bismarck at about 6 p.m. on March 22. It was piloted by Maj.Paul Helton and Chief Warrant Officer Monte Myers with crew chiefs Staff Sgt.Mike Carlson and Sgt. Monte Weiand. The first rescue was of two citizens and two dogs from a farm in rural Carson, N.D. The second rescue of two citizens was from a farm near New Leipzig, N.D. Both farms were surrounded by four to five feet of floodwaters,making overland rescue impossible. March 22, 2009.
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Staff Sgt. Mike Carlson, a N.D. National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, helps evacuate a family of two people and two dogs from their flooding home in rural Carson, N.D., on March 22. The North Dakota Army National Guard pilots on the mission were Maj. Paul Helton and Chief Warrant Officer Monte Myers.
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North Dakota National Guard Maj. Brent Doll discusses how to implement Soldiers into the necessary flood operations in Linton with the city’s mayor, Tim Volk,city manager, Bob Job and Sheriff Gary Sanders.
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