Lincoln Bucher had been talking about it for days, and on Veterans Day the wait ended on the grounds of his school in Greenville, Wisconsin. His father, Ryan Bucher, a Wisconsin Army National Guard pilot, set a Black Hawk helicopter down at St. Mary the Immaculate Conception School and stepped out to greet the students. “Nothing’s better than hopping out and getting hugs from all the boys,” Bucher said, according to WBAY.
A landing months in the making
The helicopter’s arrival on Wednesday morning, Nov. 11, was the centerpiece of the school’s Veterans Day celebration, WBAY reporter Grace Johnson wrote in a story published the morning of the event. Bucher planned it with school leaders for months, and his children attend the school.
Dozens of veterans, families and community members came for a program that also included patriotic music and a flag retirement ceremony. Students had a chance to meet veterans in person. The report does not give the number of students or the exact time of the landing.
WBAY called the aircraft a military Black Hawk and did not give a model variant, a unit designation or a tail number. The report also does not say how many of Bucher’s children attend the school, only that they do…