Royal Canadian Air Force Helicopter Life Raft Crashes Into Miami-Dade Home, Injuring Woman

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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/02/28/royal-canadian-air-force-life-raft-crashes-miami-woman-hurt/

NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE (CBSMiami) – A woman was injured when a life raft fell from a Canadian military helicopter and crashed through the roof of her house.

Witnesses say the woman was lying in bed when she heard the helicopter circling her house.

“She was laying in bed and she could hear the helicopter going by in circles, then all of a sudden [she heard] a big explosion. She looked and [there was a] big yellow bag on top of the bag and, crash, it blew up just like an explosion. Then she come out screaming,” according to one witness. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

At first, they thought a bomb had exploded. “I heard the lady screaming, ‘Somebody killed me! What happened!’ And I saw her shaking,” said homeowner Jean Pierre Joseph. “I see a big hole and then the bag fell down and there’s a yellow rope as well.”

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[malaise]

1. Saw it on the news

That's one hell of a freak accident.

[Major Nikon]

2. Doh!

[sl8]

3. Talk about burying the lede.

Did any rafters survive?

[Blue_true]

4. Came within inches of killing her.

It landed on and wiped out part of the bed that she was laying on. The news segment on it was good, very good camera work.