The American airman rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down in April shared for the first time details about the risky recovery operation during a “60 Minutes” interview.
“Bravo,” the airman’s mission call sign used during the broadcast to shield his identity, said his parachute was damaged after the plane was hit, and that during free fall, he did everything he could to unfurl or pull pieces of the parachute loose.
“At one point, when I looked up and saw no parachute, that was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen,” said the pilot.
The US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and for 40 days martyred some 3,000 people, including the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, several officials, and military commanders as well as numerous civilians, including women and children.