Washington - One member of a US special operations team missing in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan has been rescued, US television reported on Sunday.
US military officials told CNN television that the rescued soldier managed to "evade the enemy" and had been successfully rescued by US forces.
CNN reported that there was no word on the fate of three other soldiers who were part of the same special forces reconnaissance team missing since suspected Taliban rebels shot down a US helicopter during an attempt to extract the team five days ago.
The MH-47 Chinook chopper was downed on Tuesday by what is believed to be a rocket-propelled grenade, killing 16 military personnel, including eight elite US Navy Seals.
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One was from New Orleans. wwltv.com
Brother Martin grad among 16 soldiers killed when plane shot down in Afghanistan
04:09 PM CDT on Friday, July 1, 2005
WWLTV.com
A Navy Seal who was born and raised in New Orleans and attended Brother Martin High School was among the 16 American soldiers killed when their plane was shot down in Afghanistan Wednesday.
According to a spokesman for the family, Jacques J. Fontan was a 16-year Navy veteran and a seven-year member of the Navy Seals.
“He felt honored to be a part of the elite Navy Seals and serve with a great group of men in Seal Team 10 under President Bush,” said the spokesman.
Fontan, 36, was educated at St. Andrew the Apostle grammar school, Brother Martin High and SLU before joining the Navy.
He is survived by his wife Charissa, his daughter Jourdan, his mother Hazel Rue, father Earl Fontan, stepfather Donald Rue, sisters Suzanne Fontan Gonczy and Cheri Fontan Skop, his brother Jean Paul Fontan and his grandmother Maguerite Helburn Delchamps.
Brother Martin grad among 16 soldiers killed when plane shot down in Afghanistan
04:09 PM CDT on Friday, July 1, 2005
WWLTV.com
A Navy Seal who was born and raised in New Orleans and attended Brother Martin High School was among the 16 American soldiers killed when their plane was shot down in Afghanistan Wednesday.
According to a spokesman for the family, Jacques J. Fontan was a 16-year Navy veteran and a seven-year member of the Navy Seals.
“He felt honored to be a part of the elite Navy Seals and serve with a great group of men in Seal Team 10 under President Bush,” said the spokesman.
Fontan, 36, was educated at St. Andrew the Apostle grammar school, Brother Martin High and SLU before joining the Navy.
He is survived by his wife Charissa, his daughter Jourdan, his mother Hazel Rue, father Earl Fontan, stepfather Donald Rue, sisters Suzanne Fontan Gonczy and Cheri Fontan Skop, his brother Jean Paul Fontan and his grandmother Maguerite Helburn Delchamps.
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Brent wrote:CajunMama wrote:One of the eight navy seals had lived here in Lafayette for awhile. His daughter and ex-wife still live here. He was in his last week in Iraq
Unless I'm missing something...
These were in Afghanistan.
My mistake! You are correct it was Afghanistan. He was in his last week of war time deployment. He was going to be stationed back in the US.
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sunny wrote:Reports are that a second Seal has been found alive!!
A little more info here: http://tinyurl.com/7foty
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