Scott O'Grady
This celebrity goo was created by player Mike Eberhart.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Mike.
publication date: Monday, June 17, 2002 (part of Round XVII)
category: 
Military
clue: This Falcon had a hard landing in Bosnia.
explanation: O'Grady was an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot who was shot down over Bosnia in the mid-nineties, and made headlines for surviving in the wild for several days before being rescued. more…
solved by: Aaron Fischer, Kelly Stokes, Andy Hubbartt, and Matt Babula
player landmarks: This was the last goo solved by Matt Babula.
trivia: This goo was one of many in the game who made headlines in his or her day, but was mostly forgotten years later by the time the goo was published.
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