Video shows airmen standing fast in a storm
Posted : Monday Jun 9, 2008 8:21:24 EDT
Footage of an Air Force Honor Guard in Arlington National Cemetery is attracting attention online for the airmen’s almost surreal stillness in the midst of a sudden, violent storm.
A man filming a funeral at the cemetery Wednesday caught the airmen just as wind picked up — and he kept his camera on them as the guard held its post despite lightning and sheets of rain. Their only movement is the flapping of their coats.
The video was posted to http://www.ireport.com that day and later aired on CNN.
Watch the video
The thunderstorms that swept across the Washington, D.C., area Wednesday downed power lines and trees throughout the region. Meteorologists reported gusts of wind up to 66 mph at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and one man was killed by a falling tree in Annandale, Va.
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