Four Marines Die as Two Helicopters Crash in Texas

NPR | By Tom Gjelten

Published January 23, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Two military helicopters crash in South Texas while participating in a counter-drug operation along the U.S.-Mexico border, killing all four Marines reservists on board. A Marine Corps spokesman says it is possible the Super Cobra helicopters collided. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

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