Good morning. It is Sunday, April the 5th. We begin with breaking news this morning.

U.S. officials say that American military forces have rescued the missing crew member of an American

fighter jet that was shot down over Iran on Friday, and all personnel involved in the rescue

have returned safely. We got him, President Trump announced in a lengthy post on Truth Social, stating that the airman was now safe and sound, adding that the mission involved, quote, dozens of aircraft.

And while the officer and Air Force colonel had sustained injuries, he, quote, will be just fine, end quote.

This news caps a tense 24 hours.

The other crew member, a pilot, was quickly found and recovered alive after the jet went

down.

It was an F-15E jet.

It went down early Friday.

The operation was very high risk.

The Washington Post reports that a USC 130 aircraft and rescue helicopters had to fly low and slow over

Iran's mountainous terrain to locate the missing airmen. Two of the rescue helicopters reportedly

took ground fire from Iranian forces during the rescue mission. According to the New York Times,

the missing airmen had been hiding behind enemy lines armed with little more

than a pistol for defense. And after ejecting from the F-15, he hid in a mountain crevice, adding that

the airman, quote, evaded Iranian forces for more than 24 hours at one point, hiking up a 7,000-foot

ridge line, a senior military official told the times. U.S. attack aircraft

dropped bombs and opened fire on Iranian convoys to keep them away from the area where the

airmen was hiding. Meanwhile, Iranian military officials have warned the, quote,

Gates of Hell will open for the U.S. and Israel if strikes on Iranian infrastructure continue.

Now, in response, Donald Trump has threatened to unleash, quote, all hell if Tehran does not

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