ಇರಾನ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಂಡು ಹಾರಿಸಿದ ಯುಎಸ್ ಏರ್ ಫೋರ್ಸ್ ಕರ್ನಲ್ ‘ಆಧುನಿಕ ಪವಾಡ’ವನ್ನು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ

An Air Force colonel shot down over Iran survived a terrifying fall, three broken bones and a two-day enemy manhunt after turning to God as his damaged parachute sent him plunging toward the desert.

The colonel, identified only by his mission call sign “Bravo,” revealed in a new interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” how a desperate prayer began an extraordinary 50-hour fight to make it home alive.

“At one point when I looked up and saw no parachute, that was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen,” Bravo said in his first public account of the April ordeal. “So I paused, right then, and I prayed, ‘Lord, your will be done. But if I’m getting through this, I need help.’

The colonel was the weapons systems officer seated behind the pilot of an F-15E Strike Eagle operating under the call sign Dude 44 when an Iranian shoulder-fired missile struck the aircraft April 2, according to CBS News.

The two-man crew had been assigned to attack industrial facilities tied to Iran’s drone and missile program near a mountainous region south of Isfahan, U.S. Central Command leader Adm. Brad Cooper told the outlet.

“We had air superiority, but clearly we weren’t flying over Kansas,” Cooper said.