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I consider any time you get into a helicopter and shoot aerials with the door off, it is a personal risk. I’ve encountered downdrafts that drop you suddenly, heavy winds, and an emergency landing in a snowstorm. In Uganda rebels attacked the village down the road from me, burned families to death in their homes, kidnapped women and children and placed land mines in the roads. In Mexico a child was chosen to lead me to opium fields so we could play innocent if caught by the drug cartel. In Siberia I was placed under house arrest and interrogated at midnight. I’ve been sick for days at sea. I’ve been in many remote situations where the nearest medical help is at least a week away, even with medical evacuation insurance.
