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http://abcnews.go.com/US/life-raft-crashes-miami-home-injuring-woman-lying/story?id=53432542
Life raft crashes through Miami home injuring woman lying in bed
- By MARK OSBORNE
WatchLife raft falls from sky, crashes through roof
The Canadian military is searching for answers after an uninflated life raft apparently fell off a helicopter and crashed through the roof of a home in Miami on Wednesday.
A woman lying in bed in the home narrowly avoided serious injury, according to the homeowner.
"A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-146 Griffon helicopter was returning to United States Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Locka, Florida from a sortie on Exercise SOUTHERN BREEZE when a deployable life raft fell from the aircraft onto a house, where initial reports are that one person may have sustained minor injuries," the Royal Canadian Air Force said in a statement. "The Royal Canadian Air Force intends to support the affected resident with immediate accommodations and other support."
A woman suffered minor injuries at her Miami-Dade home when an inflatable life raft fell off a helicopter and crashed through the roof.
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Photos showed a hole in the roof of the home in northeast Miami-Dade and a pile of debris lying on top of a bed in the home.
Members of the Canadian military visited the home Wednesday afternoon to retrieve the life raft, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG.
Members of the Canadian Royal Air Force remove a life raft from a Miami-Dade home on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018.
"As soon as I get in, I heard the impact -- boom -- big impact, and I heard her screaming," Jean Pierre Joseph, the property owner, told WPLG.
The Royal Canadian Air Force said it was investigating the incident. Canadian aircraft are in South Florida taking part in search-and-rescue training operations.
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/02/28/royal-canadian-air-force-life-raft-crashes-miami-woman-hurt/
Royal Canadian Air Force Helicopter Life Raft Crashes Into Miami-Dade Home, Injuring Woman
February 28, 2018 at 11:59 pm
Filed Under:Hole In Roof, Local TV, Mysterious Object
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NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE (CBSMiami) – A woman was injured when a life raft fell from a Canadian military helicopter and crashed through the roof of her house.
Chopper 4 flew over the home, located at 14805 NE 10th Court, and spotted a large gaping hole in the roof.
A hole left behind in a roof in Northeast Miami-Dade where an unidentified object fell from the sky. (CBS4)
Witnesses say the woman was lying in bed when she heard the helicopter circling her house.
“She was laying in bed and she could hear the helicopter going by in circles, then all of a sudden [she heard] a big explosion. She looked and [there was a] big yellow bag on top of the bag and, crash, it blew up just like an explosion. Then she come out screaming,” according to one witness. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”
At first, they thought a bomb had exploded.
“I heard the lady screaming, ‘Somebody killed me! What happened!’ And I saw her shaking,” said homeowner Jean Pierre Joseph. “I see a big hole and then the bag fell down and there’s a yellow rope as well.”
The Royal Canadian Air Force confirms the CH-146 Griffon helicopter was on its way back to Opa-locka airport when its inflatable life raft fell out of the aircraft. The chopper and its crew was in South Florida to train search and rescue squadrons that carry out rescues over waters since its too cold to perform the exercises in Canada this year.
The raft is back in the air force’s possession as the investigation continues. A spokesperson said they will help the residents with accommodations and other support.
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