President Donald Trump celebrated the United States’s rescue of the second and final fighter pilot downed over Iran as an “Easter miracle” on Sunday.
“The rescue was an Easter Miracle. The enemy was large and violent. The rescuers were brilliant, strong, decisive, and as cool as anyone can be. The Iranians thought they had him, but it wasn’t even close, and remember, we got two, but couldn’t talk about the first in that it would have highlighted that there was a second,” Trump told NBC’s Kristin Welker.
“Such a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory. It is usually not done because it is considered not doable. Such a great military – Like no other. Happy Easter! President DJT,” he concluded.
Trump said in his announcement of the rescue earlier Sunday that Iran was “looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close” to capturing the “respected colonel” before U.S. forces were able to rescue the stranded pilot in a “raid.” It was initially revealed on Friday that the two pilots were shot down by Iran over the country’s airspace, the first such incident of the Iran war. One pilot was located alive by the U.S., but search and rescue teams were still searching for the second individual.
“This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to ‘man and equipment.’ It just doesn’t happen! The second raid came after the first one, where we rescued the pilot in broad daylight, also unusual, spending seven hours over Iran. An AMAZING show of bravery and talent by all!” Trump said in a post to Truth Social.
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