denny Ethnic & National book

The 9th Police District has had National Night Out every August for several years now -- just not quite like this! 9th Police District Officer Al Garza spent 2 months filing government and military paperwork so that this Blackhawk military helicopter could land at Cornell Square Park at 51st and Wood, where the fair was being held on Tuesday, August 4. I actually had to work the fair this year, handing out free ice cream to several hundred children (and their parents) who had seemingly been fasting for the previous week, but I wasn't about to miss shooting video of this. After it landed, with amazingly little backwash, the crew gave tours of the copter for an hour-and-a-half. The neighborhoods surrounding Cornell Square Park are mostly poor and working-class, and these National Nights Out are attended by a melting pot of just about every ethnic group imaginable - this was probably the first time some of these kids or their parents had been near or in any kind of aircraft, either on the ground or aloft. An exciting evening all around. The dialogue toward the end is courtesy of my very enthusiastic neighbor, Mrs. Allison;-) Part Two -- the takeoff -- is coming soon to a YouTube screen near you. See it at www.youtube.com