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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Two Marine helicopters collided in the dark and crashed in a piney swamp Friday during the biggest U.S.-British training exercise in history, killing 14 people. A pilot and co-pilot were seriously injured. The collision involved a CH-46E Sea Knight and an AH-1W Cobra assault helicopter and happened about 2 a.m. in clear weather under a half-moon. Rescue workers had to wade into chest-deep mud and water and cut through the underbrush with chain saws to search for bodies. All of the victims were Americans. "It's in a heavily marshed thick woods, extremely dense underbrush, making it just about impassible by any kind of vehicle," said Col. J.C. Yannessa, whose uniform had a water line across the top of his shirt pocket.
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