Family of TV soldier pray for his return

THE family of a US airman paraded on Iraqi television after his Apache helicopter was forced down during heavy fighting, yesterday spoke of their hopes that he would return home unharmed.

Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Young was captured with fellow crewman Chief Warrant Officer David Williams 50 miles south of Baghdad in central Iraq.

Young’s father, also called Ronald, said: “I am just hoping for a safe return home. That is all I have got on my mind now.”