Writers Tricks of the Trade VOLUME 10 ISSUE 1 | Page 40

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“W HEN P IGS F LY ” S HORT S TORY S ERIES
R ON C ORBIN
R ONALD C ORBIN , A FORMER A RMY COMBAT HELICOPTER PILOT AND V IETNAM VETERAN BECAME A L OS A NGELES
POLICEMAN , AND EVENTUALLY A PILOT FOR LAPD’ S A IR S UPPORT D IVISION . AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIFE
OF A PILOT TRAINEE AND PUT R ON IN THE HOSPITAL WITH 2 ND AND 3 RD DEGREE BURNS OVER 70% OF HIS BODY . N OT ONE
TO BE SLOWED DOWN , R ON WENT ON TO WRITE MULTIPLE AWARD - WINNING STORIES . W E NOW SHARE THEM FOR YOUR
ENJOYMENT .
L
ike cops, firefighters get bored, too.
Sometimes, boredom turns into
pranks. There once was an LA City
fire station in South LA manned by
firefighters who liked to “bomb” police
officers who were making traffic stops
nearby.
It all started one day when some
officers reported that they were being
pelted by water balloons from an
unknown source. Hearing this on the
police radio, and it being an unusual call,
Air-3, a police helicopter crew flew to the
scene hoping to assist in spotting the
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origin of the "aerial attack." The aircrew
knew that there had been prior reports of
this strange occurrence from previous roll
call briefings.
Arriving
overhead,
the
only
uncommon activity the 'copter crew
observed was some firefighters standing
on top of their firehouse and waving with
big, sheepish grins on their faces.
Thinking that it was unusual for the
firefighters to be on their roof, only a
feeling that these were the culprits could
be imagined. Other than that, the source
of the water balloons could not be found.
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