I flew in a Black Hawk helicopter with Ohio’s Army National Guard. This is what I saw

COLUMBUS, Ohio — I grab my barf bag and walk outside into the sun.

It’s loud.

I have something in my ears that one of the sergeants called an EarPro. The crew chief waves me in. I’ve never flown in a Black Hawk Helicopter before, but that’s about to change.

“Good morning, everybody,” a sergeant said. “You're going on a flight today.”

I’m at the Army Aviation Support Facility No. 2 , near Columbus, Ohio. They just gave me a safety briefing.

I flew in a Black Hawk helicopter with Ohio’s Army National Guard. This is what I saw.

“Stay in a single file line,” the sergeant said. “The blades are going to be spinning.”

He tells us not to put our feet under the seat. If we crash, he says, they'll be crushed.

‘It’s too loud for your camera’

Growing up in North College Hill, Skyler Vaughn