◼ CNN photojournalist Mark Phillips was on board a flight taking supplies to the Yezidi community trying to escape Islamic State fighters in Mount Sinjar, Iraq. His raw footage captures the emotional rescue by the Iraqi air force and Kurdish peshmerga. “There was not a dry eye on the aircraft,” CNN reported. - Daily Signal
◼ Reports: Aid helicopter crashes over Mount Sinjar; NYT reporter on board [photos] - Twitchy
NYT: war correspondent @alissanyt injured, pilot killed when helicopter carrying aid to Iraqis on Mt Sinjar crashes http://t.co/qEb6QXP7Y2
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) August 12, 2014
