Two members of the FBI’s ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team (Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw) were killed  during a training accident involving a helicopter off the coast of Virginia Beach.  The military statement said very little except that it encountered unspecified difficulties and the agents fell a “significant distance.”

Date:

17 May, 2013

Location:

Off the coast of Virginia Beach

Country:

US-Virginia

Civil / Military:

MIlitary

Fatalities:

2

Operator:

US-Navy

Link:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/19/two-fbi-agents-with-hostage-rescue-team-killed-in-training-accident/

Link:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/20/185486030/fbi-agents-killed-in-training-accident-worked-in-elite-unit

Link:

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/05/fbi-agents-died-fall-helicopter-va-coast