{"id":28339,"date":"2014-02-13T02:15:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T05:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=28339"},"modified":"2016-10-01T23:39:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T02:39:03","slug":"helicopter-crash-survivor-on-faith-family-god-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/13\/helicopter-crash-survivor-on-faith-family-god-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Crash Survivor on Faith, Family, God (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>What do <em>you<\/em> live for?\u00a0 What does your <em>life<\/em> show the world that you live for?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Helicopter gunner Dylan Boone was one of <a href=\"http:\/\/wtkr.com\/2014\/01\/08\/breaking-military-helicopter-crash-off-virginia-beach-coast\/\">two survivors<\/a> of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/15\/us\/chopper-crash-missing-pilot\/\">5-man crew<\/a> of an MH-53E Sea Dragon that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/08\/us\/navy-craft-down\/\">crashed off the coast of Virginia<\/a> in January. As reported <a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2014\/02\/navy-helicopter-goes-down-survivor-takes-stock\">in the local press<\/a>, Boone recently spoke to his <a href=\"http:\/\/upwardchurch.org\/\">Upward Church<\/a>, detailing the ordeal in a 37-minute conversation that touched on a few major life realities, including his realization that he wasn&#8217;t living the life he should:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Boone said that more wrenching than his physical injuries was the recognition that he was spiritually wounded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know if I was going to heaven or hell,&#8221; he <!--more-->said of that moment when he grappled with death. &#8220;It&#8217;s a tough pill to swallow to be able to say that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At one point &#8212; while Boone describes what went through his mind as he saw his imminent death &#8212; his pastor asks the &#8220;silly question&#8221; if he thought of the fact he never got to get leather seats in his truck.<\/p>\n<p>The answer, of course, is <em>No<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The pastor reminds the congregation that when faced with death, men recall their faith and their family.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s what we think of when we&#8217;re about to <em>die<\/em>, shouldn&#8217;t it be what we think of when we <em>live<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>What do you <em>live <\/em>for?<\/p>\n<p>See the full video <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/86162157\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/86162157\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Repeated at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/us\/as-navy-helicopter-went-down-survivor-took-stock-1.266972\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you live for?\u00a0 What does your life show the world that you live for? Helicopter gunner Dylan Boone was one of two survivors of a 5-man crew of an MH-53E Sea Dragon that crashed off the coast of Virginia in January. 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