This was the first piece of writing I did in the traditional language arts class this year. This piece is obviously a conflict/ resolution piece, but I was also trying to give a summary about the book. The book was mainly about soldiers rescuing their friends from a crashed helicopter in the middle of a war zone. The event occurred on October 3, 1993.In the book 'Black Hawk Down," by Mark Bowden; During a battle between the US Army, and African terrorists, a transport Black Hawk helicopter is shot down. And worst of all, it is in the middle of a highly populated town full of terrorist. When news of the shot down helicopter, reaches Army Rangers, rescue parties, are sent to get them out.
In this book the main conflict is the downed helicopter. There are also living people inside. But to add onto that, it is in the middle of a full-blown, war-zone in Mogadishu Somalia. When the Somalians find the helicopter they attack the survivors, turning the crash-site into a living nightmare. After gunning down a few of the survivors, the raid the inside, and take the co-pilot prisoner, tie him, to a rod, and drag him around the city as a trophy. He eventually dies. The resolution is, troops are able to save one of the crew members, the pilot, Mike Durrant.
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