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Cape Town - To the chopper pilots who flew the water-bombing missions over Fish Hoek on Wednesday, you have a huge fan.
- GALLERY: News24 User photos of Fish Hoek fire
News24 user Merydyth Brown sent in this touching letter from her 12-year-old granddaughter who was left in awe of the pilots who formed part of the firefighting mission.
The letter reads:
To the pilots of the helicopters that put out the mountain fires in Fish Hoek on the 19th of November 2014.
May I just start by saying that you guys rock!!!!! My name is Rebecca Brown, I am 12years old, and I live in number... , right next to the vlei where you filled your buckets with water to pour on the mountain fires, the vlei is near a golf course.
Today I watched in awe as you expertly flew your choppers over the fires then to the vlei to fill up. To tell the honest truth it was AWESOME!!!! I mean to watch two firefighting helicopters fill up then pour out the water on those terrible fires , is just… wow!
One thing that you have done for me is given me as memory that I shall never, and I mean never, forget.
But I have to ask, I know that you must have done this numerous times, but do you get scared on your fist time and never again, or just every now and again when there are gargantuan fires?? Anyway, you are my hero’s, and became heroes only by doing your jobs, which I think is positively resplendent.
I hope to hear back from you soon
Yours truly
Rebecca
*News24 has used its discretion to remove the address from the letter.
- GALLERY: News24 User photos of Fish Hoek fire
News24 user Merydyth Brown sent in this touching letter from her 12-year-old granddaughter who was left in awe of the pilots who formed part of the firefighting mission.
The letter reads:
To the pilots of the helicopters that put out the mountain fires in Fish Hoek on the 19th of November 2014.
May I just start by saying that you guys rock!!!!! My name is Rebecca Brown, I am 12years old, and I live in number... , right next to the vlei where you filled your buckets with water to pour on the mountain fires, the vlei is near a golf course.
Today I watched in awe as you expertly flew your choppers over the fires then to the vlei to fill up. To tell the honest truth it was AWESOME!!!! I mean to watch two firefighting helicopters fill up then pour out the water on those terrible fires , is just… wow!
One thing that you have done for me is given me as memory that I shall never, and I mean never, forget.
But I have to ask, I know that you must have done this numerous times, but do you get scared on your fist time and never again, or just every now and again when there are gargantuan fires?? Anyway, you are my hero’s, and became heroes only by doing your jobs, which I think is positively resplendent.
I hope to hear back from you soon
Yours truly
Rebecca
*News24 has used its discretion to remove the address from the letter.
