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  • 27
    Apr
    2012
    5:10am, EDT

    Fire crews called in after paratroopers get stuck in trees

    Lacey Fire District Three via AP

    An army paratrooper tangled in a tree on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on April 26, 2012. Lacey Fire District Three aided in the rescue of two paratroopers who were blown into trees during a training exercise.

    Lacey Fire District Three via AP

    Lacey Fire District Three's tall ladder being used to reach one of the trapped paratroopers.

    KING 5 News reports — Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) paratroopers were back on solid ground Thursday evening after getting blown into trees during a training exercise.

    Lacey Fire District Three was called to the scene in Thurston County, Wash., by the JBLM Fire Department to assist with the rescue.  

    Army beefs up leadership at troubled Lewis-McChord base

    One paratrooper was safely pulled from a tree before the Lacey crews arrived. The second paratrooper was higher up in a tree and JBLM didn't have a ladder capable of reaching him. Lacey firefighters were able to get close enough with the ladder truck to rescue him.

    Both paratroopers are okay. 

    Video: NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports on the troubled past of Joint Base Lewis-McChord

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    Lacey Fire District Three via AP

    One of the paratroopers is helped to the ground.

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    Glad to see both members of our military are safe. While a bit of a hassle and slightly embrassing, these troops will have a good story to tell, and pictures to prove it! Good to see both of them with their boots on the ground again.

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