Rescuers continued to search the waters of the Tigris River near the northern Iraq city of Mosul yesterday for a missing Bremerton soldier and two helicopter pilots.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda, 29, was one of four soldiers from the Fort Lewis-based Stryker brigade who were on a river patrol with Iraqi police when their boat capsized Sunday. Three of the soldiers made it to shore. In the ensuing search for Bunda, a Kiowa helicopter crashed into the river; its two Army pilots from Fort Drum, N.Y., have not been found.
Bremerton family waits
[Link to Full Article]By Ray Rivera
Seattle Times staff reporter
Rescuers continued to search the waters of the Tigris River near the northern Iraq city of Mosul yesterday for a missing Bremerton soldier and two helicopter pilots.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda, 29, was one of four soldiers from the Fort Lewis-based Stryker brigade who were on a river patrol with Iraqi police when their boat capsized Sunday. Three of the soldiers made it to shore. In the ensuing search for Bunda, a Kiowa helicopter crashed into the river; its two Army pilots from Fort Drum, N.Y., have not been found.
