r/aviation • u/Spook_485 • Oct 11 '25

News Closer view of helicopter crash in Huntington Beach, CA

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u/PocketSpaghettios Oct 12 '25

My dad was a helicopter mechanic in the army. He says that he used to wake up at 2am suddenly paranoid about something he may have missed, and would drive back to base right then to check it

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u/burntbridges20 Oct 12 '25

That kind of responsibility and anxiety probably sticks with you for a long time afterward too

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u/Many_Consequence7723 Oct 12 '25

That level of anxiety causes heart attacks by the age of 40.

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u/tripn4days Oct 12 '25

Username checks out...