Wind blew tree onto sheltering soldiers, killing 2, loss report says

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Wind blew tree onto sheltering soldiers, killing 2, loss report says
By Rachel Nostrant
Aug 17, 01:16 PM
Students rappel off an overhanging cliff face on Yonah Mountain during the Mountain Phase of Army Ranger School. (Patrick A. Albright/Army)

Wind blew a large portion of a tree onto five Ranger School students who were spreading out to take shelter amid a storm warning, killing two and injuring three others on Aug. 9 at Fort Benning, Georgia, according to a preliminary loss report from the Army Combat Readiness Center.

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