1976 Press Photo Survival capsule victim removed from helicopter in Texas
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Description
Corpus Christi, Texas: One of nine dead removed from a Navy Helicopter at Corpus Christi Friday. The dead were from the survival capsule that had been taken aboard the Aircraft Carrier Lexington. Thirteen men died in the capsule they had entered after an oil drilling platform had capsized in the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co.
