Firefighters responded to the scene, where they found the helicopter wreckage and tractor ablaze. [Photo courtesy: Orondo Firefighters Association]
Key Takeaways:
A helicopter struck power lines and crashed onto a tractor in Washington state, pinning 19-year-old Logan Schneider, who was driving it, beneath the wreckage.
Schneider managed to free himself and then heroically rescued the pilot from the burning helicopter wreckage.
Both individuals sustained injuries, but Schneider remarkably remains committed to his dream of becoming a pilot and plans to begin training in the fall.
An investigation is underway in Washington state after a helicopter struck power lines and fell on a 19-year-old man driving a tractor, who then freed himself and the pilot from the burning wreckage.
And in an elegant turn of events, the young man says he wishes to pursue his pilot certificate—and plans to start training this fall.
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