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Pilot radioed for help before crashing on golf course

By Bill Myers
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Moments before his MedStar helicopter crashed onto the golf course of the Armed Forces Retirement Home, pilot Darryl Johnson sent a desperate call for help, officials said Wednesday.

“It was, ‘Mayday! Mayday!’ Then it went down,” MedStar Health spokeswoman Paula Faria said. “I don’t believe there was anything more.”

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