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President Trump shared new details about the heroic actions of the US Army Apache helicopter pilots whose quick thinking helped them narrowly escape a fiery death at the hands of a deadly Iranian attack drone.<\/p>\n

Read more Iran targets US bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain after Trump orders strikes near Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to Fox News Wednesday, the president said a drone laden with explosives had \u201clodged between\u201d the pilots inside the helicopter as it was flying low over enemy territory \u2014 fully engulfed in flames, but failing to explode as intended.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt any moment it could have exploded,\u201d Trey Yingst told the network after speaking with Trump, who called the harrowing incident \u201ca miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd so we\u2019re trying to take down the helicopter with the drone lodged into this gunship without it exploding. There was a lot of heat inside the cockpit of this helicopter, and ultimately these two pilots were able to take it down into the sea,\u201d he said, quoting the president.<\/p>\n

After the pilots brought down the $40 million craft, they were rescued by an unmanned sea drone \u2014 a first in US military history.<\/p>\n

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