It was a hot summer day in July of 1997 when a routine traffic report turned into breaking news for me. The Bell 47 I was flying in over the streets of Milwaukee, WI lost engine power forcing the pilot to make a hard landing at a nearby police station. Our main helicopter was down for maintenance and it was the first time I saw this aircraft and it would be the last. We totaled the chopper but I wasn’t afraid to get back up and fly for 30 more years. Photographer Matt England describes what happened in the link below.