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Airport’s Drain Rescue Story for the Birds

Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes, it's an orange safety vest.

[Courtesy: King County International Airport-Boeing Field]
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Key Takeaways:

Some aviators need more help than others, especially when they are fledglings. 

The operations staff at King County International Airport Boeing Field (KBFI) in Seattle came to the rescue—quite literally—of four ducklings trapped in a storm drain on the Nordstrom ramp.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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