Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady

very good book! exciting and full of action. once i started ready it i didn't want to stop. i think everyone should read it.

Basher 5-2, a memoir, was about a pilot, Scott O'Grady, who was in the air force and was shot down when he was flying over enemy grounds. Scott was very loyal and loved his country. I choose this memoir because it looked and seemed very interesting. Scott O'Grady was very brave and never gave up. He is a great man. One normal day, Scott was on a normal mission. He was flying over enemy grounds over Bosnia and he was shot down. He ejected his parachute and he gradually floated to the ground. He landed and he was very scared that the `Serbs' would see him. Scott runs into the forest and `digs in' - which means he digs himself into a little hole in the ground. Scott hides for a very long time. Nighttime is the only time he moves. He moves every night for six nights and each night he tries to radio anyone listening. On the sixth day, it seems like there's no hope. Then he gets a radio message from another air force officer looking for him. They talk for quite awhile while they go over his location and his condition. Then about five hours later the rescue helicopters come. They pick him up and they start flying away. As they are flying away, the helicopters get shot at with missiles but they escape. He had some doubts about his experience and he was extra motivated because he had a bracelet given to him by his family which gave him strength. Afterwards, they find out Scott has hypothermia and is severally dehydrated. His family and the whole United States are very relieved that he is ok. He meets the president and gets a lot of medals. He is very proud of these medals and joyful that he is still alive. Scott is so happy to get to see his whole family again because that's why he was fighting. I think Scott learned a lot about himself during his time he spent stranded in Bosnia, which was somewhere he didn't know. He started wonder if he might not make it, and what his last words were to the people he knew. He didn't want to die! Scott wanted to live and he found power in the bracelet that he had gotten from his family. His family was very relieved to see him and he felt the same. He learned that you don't know what you've got until its gone.

The Main Character is Scott O'Grady. He is a very nice person and he does not give up. He will acomplish what his job is or die trying. He is a very detirmened person. This book is about a pilot who is shot down by antiaircraft missles and survived the crash. He had to live and survive on enemy teritory.Kids my age would love this book because it is very adventures.

This true life story was based on Captain Scott O'Gradywho was an F-16 U.S. Air Force pilot. On his way to his destination point in Bosnia he was shot down by enemy pilots. Captain O'Grady parachuted five miles to the ground and he had no food or water. Scott O'Grady is considered a U.S.A. hero because of the skill, faith, and courage he had while fulfilling his duties as a member of the Air Force.

I loved this book. I have read it 3-5 times. My goals and ambitions is to be a F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilot in the Air Force the same as Capt. Scott O'Grady. I admire this guy. I admire his will to survive and his will to live. If I should ever be in his situation I will remember everything that he did to survive and I will not give up even if the going gets tough. Thanks Scott for telling us the true story from your point of view. I know it was a hellish ordeal but you survived and that is the most important thing.