Parachute Rescue

Ted Thackrey Jr.’s story (April 25), “Rescuers Parachute Into Sea,” was more graphic than television and more dramatic than fiction. Courageous crews of airborne paramedics, an aerial emergency physician and flight personnel pitting their skill and the mighty craft of industry and war against the limits of distance and the sea should bring pride and perhaps some comfort to travelers and taxpayers.

A current Paul Simon song refers to “. . . the way we look to us all” on video, but this story pulled together images of events beyond the capacity of the minicam. Thanks for getting it; it would have been unfortunate for it to become a mere artifact of archived dispatch sheets, log books and report forms.

WILLIAM OPEL

Pasadena