{"id":78593,"date":"2018-03-30T07:59:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T11:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=78593"},"modified":"2018-03-30T07:59:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T11:59:31","slug":"cadet-jack-bell-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=78593","title":{"rendered":"Cadet Jack Bell saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mick sends us a link to the Air Force Times<\/a> which tells the story of Cadet Third Class Jack Bell who took part in two rescues within the span of 72 hours last month. The first occurred while he was flying his plane;<\/p>\n

Bell, a licensed pilot, was flying a Cirrus SR-22 aircraft with his brother, sister and a fellow cadet toward Monterey, California, Feb. 18 when air traffic control notified him that a plane in his area had fallen off radar and gone radio silent.<\/p>\n

The last transmission from the plane\u2019s pilot was that it had an engine failure, according to an Air Force Academy press release.<\/p>\n

After receiving the last known coordinates of the lost plane, Bell flew over the area…<\/p>\n

After flying to the area, Bell managed to locate the plane in a California coastal mountain range. His passengers were able to peer out their windows while Bell flew circles around the downed aircraft. The pilot had survived, and his wings and fuselage appeared intact.<\/p>\n

Bell radioed those observations back to the air traffic control tower, helping first responders find the crash site.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several hours later, Bell encountered a man who intended to jump off a bridge in Colorado and Cadet Bell was able to talk him down off the ledge;<\/p>\n

Bell called 911 and asked for assistance before moving toward the man and making small talk with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked him, what do you plan on doing up here?\u201d Bell said. \u201cThat\u2019s when he kind of snapped out of it and realized what he was doing and got very emotional. He mentioned something about God, and I saw that as an opportunity to use faith to connect with him.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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