SNA militiamen in the area began calling out local residents, shouting on megaphones, "Come out and defend your homes!" The militia fighters, in organized squads, quickly began to fan in and out of nearby buildings, alleys and trees to avoid the Little Bird helicopters converging to cover the wreck of Super 61. A nearby MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird, Star 41, quickly flew down to the Black Hawk crash site. The pilot, CW3 Karl Maier, steadied the controls in his left hand and fired a machine gun with his right, while the copilot, CW4 Keith Jones, dashed into the alley and helped the two Delta snipers, one of them mortally wounded, into the back of their helicopter.
SNA militiamen in the area began calling out local residents shouting on megaphones "Come out and defend your homes" The militia fighters in organized squads quickly began to fan in and out of nearby buildings alleys and trees to avoid the Little Bird helicopters converging to cover the wreck of Super 61 A nearby MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird Star 41 quickly flew down to the Black Hawk crash site The pilot CW3 Karl Maier steadied the controls in his left hand and fired a machine gun with his right while the copilot CW4 Keith Jones dashed into the alley and helped the two Delta snipers one of them mortally wounded into the back of their helicopter