Soldiers spot car accident from the air, land helicopter to aid injured man in Bavaria

Five 101st Airborne Division soldiers flying over rural Germany were in the right place at just the right time to help a local man.

The four-person crew and flight surgeon were returning from a training flight to their base Wednesday when crew chief Spc. Bruce Cook spotted trouble on the ground, out of the corner of his eye.

“We were coming over a ridge line and I was looking outside, where I noticed a puff of white smoke,” he said in a phone interview Friday. “I looked further and I saw a car roll three times.”