Santa Copter Takes Fire
One goodwill gift-giving mission was almost sabotogued over Rio de Janeiro today when Santa Claus’ helicopter took bullets when flying over a shantytown neighborhood. This particular Santa was carrying presents for impoverished children to be delivered at an early Christmas party.
Santa instead had to arrive by car to the party. The children were quite disappointed. So were the people trying to shoot him out of the sky. Apparently they mistook the copter for a police patrol.
Fly the friendly skies indeed. How many sleighs and reindeer do you think end up riddled with bullets and splattered on the streets in crime-ridden neighborhoods on December 25th every year? Looks like the tubby old man at the North Pole needs to put a few more people on his naughty list… and make his deliveries with an elf packing a submachine gun.
Not even Santa is safe in Rio de Janeiro.
A helicopter carrying a Santa Claus to distribute gifts at a Christmas party came under fire when it flew over a Rio shantytown, authorities said Wednesday.
The chopper was hit by two rifle shots Sunday, but no one was injured and the aircraft returned safely to its base, police inspector Aldari Vianna said by telephone.
Gang members apparently attacked the helicopter thinking it belonged to the police, Vianna said.
It’s not unusual for gangs to shoot at police helicopters in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most violent cities in the world, with a homicide rate of about 50 per 100,000 people.
The Santa Claus, who did not want to identify himself, was later transported by car to the party — for children in another poor neighborhood — where he distributed about 700 gifts.
"As a Santa Claus, I was very sad to see the children frustrated," he said, according to the Agencia Estado news service. "They were expecting Santa to arrive by helicopter and that didn’t happen."
Police did not identify the Santa.
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