Daring rescue of cadets involves LI pilot
Photo credit: Newsday/Jessica Rotkiewicz | Stephen J. Browning, left, pilot in command, and Fernando Almedia, crew chief, were part of the NYPD air squad that found two West Point cadets trapped atop Storm King Mountain early Sunday morning. (Feb. 20, 2011)
LI pilot helps rescue West Point cadets
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NYPD team rescue West Point cadets
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A daring nighttime helicopter rescue by the NYPD in ferocious winds and bitter cold early Sunday saved a pair of West Point cadets stranded on a mountaintop about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
The pilot, Officer Steve Browning, 52, of Shirley, described in an interview how he struggled against winds gusting to 32 mph as his craft, a Bell 412 air/sea rescue helicopter, hovered atop Storm King...
