{"id":2587296,"date":"2026-04-05T09:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-pilot-rescued-from-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:19:10","slug":"trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-pilot-rescued-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-pilot-rescued-from-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hails \u2018Easter miracle\u2019 after second pilot rescued from Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-pilot-rescued-from-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2587296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump hailed the United States\u2019 rescue of a second fighter pilot downed over Iran as an \u201cEaster miracle,\u201d praising the rescuers as brilliant, brave, and decisive. He explained that the first pilot had already been rescued in broad daylight after spending seven hours over Iran, and that the second pilot was saved with injuries but in stable condition during a separate raid. the operation occurred in unfriendly territory,with other American aircraft targeted by Iran and an A-10 shot down,though its pilot survived. Trump also claimed Iran had been close to capturing the rescued \u201crespected colonel\u201d before the raid and warned of further strikes against Iran\u2019s energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed, while noting his comments in interviews and posts on Truth Social. The report also mentions initial reports that two pilots were downed, with ongoing search-and-rescue efforts and subsequent confirmation of the second pilot\u2019s rescue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump hails &lsquo;Easter miracle&rsquo; after second F-15 pilot rescued from Iran<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2551352\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> celebrated the United States&rsquo;s rescue of the second and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >final fighter pilot downed<\/a> over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> as an &ldquo;Easter miracle&rdquo; on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The rescue was an Easter Miracle. The enemy was large and violent. The rescuers were brilliant, strong, decisive, and as cool as anyone can be. The Iranians thought they had him, but it wasn&rsquo;t even close, and remember, we got two, but couldn&rsquo;t talk about the first in that it would have highlighted that there was a second,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kwelkernbc\/status\/2040756233339121835?s=46\">Trump told <\/a>NBC&rsquo;s Kristin Welker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Such a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory. It is usually not done because it is considered not doable. Such a great military &ndash; Like no other. Happy Easter! President DJT,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump said in his announcement of the rescue earlier Sunday that Iran was &ldquo;looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close&rdquo; to capturing the &ldquo;respected colonel&rdquo; before U.S. forces were able to rescue the stranded pilot in a &ldquo;raid.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>It was initially revealed on Friday that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4516160\/pentagon-centcom-silent-fighter-jet-helicopter-incidents-iran\/\">two pilots were shot down by Iran<\/a> over the country&rsquo;s airspace, the first such incident of the Iran war. One of the crew members was located alive by the U.S., with Trump revealing, &ldquo;We rescued the pilot in broad daylight, also unusual, spending seven hours over Iran.&rdquo; But search-and-rescue teams were still searching for the second individual. The president said the second pilot was rescued with injuries but stable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to &lsquo;man and equipment.&rsquo; It just doesn&rsquo;t happen! The second raid came after the first one, where we rescued the pilot in broad daylight, also unusual, spending seven hours over Iran. An AMAZING show of bravery and talent by all!&rdquo; Trump said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116351956955900185\">in a post<\/a> to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Several other U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/near-death-experiences-a-look-back-at-famous-figures-whose-claims-drew-criticism\/\" title=\"\u2018Near-Death\u2019 Experiences: A Look Back At Famous Figures Whose Claims Drew Criticism\">military aircraft<\/a> were fired at by Iran as they searched for the two pilots, according to multiple reports. Iran shot down one of them, an A-10 Thunderbolt attack plane, though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f-35-fighter-jet-lost-in-mishap-prompting-questions-from-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Lawmakers question loss of F-35 fighter jet in mishap.\">pilot safely ejected<\/a> and was rescued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4516434\/trump-many-iran-military-leaders-killed-massive-strike\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS &lsquo;MANY&rsquo; IRAN MILITARY LEADERS KILLED IN &lsquo;MASSIVE&rsquo; STRIKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside from his Sunday announcement that the second pilot was rescued, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4516504\/trump-iran-open-hormuz-strait-energy-plants\/\">issued a message warning<\/a> Iran he would unleash &ldquo;hell&rdquo; on the country&rsquo;s energy infrastructure on Tuesday if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz. The president has repeatedly threatened to ramp up strikes on Iran if it does not open the strategic waterway, following previous threats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out &ndash; 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD!&rdquo; Trump wrote on Truth Social <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4516434\/trump-many-iran-military-leaders-killed-massive-strike\/\">on Saturday<\/a> as the 10-day deadline ending on Monday, April 6, at 8 p.m. ticks down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hails &#8216;Easter miracle&#8217; after second Iran rescue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2587297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26090778763993.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[77187,3823,77188,3634],"class_list":["post-2587296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-easter-miracle","tag-iran","tag-pilot-rescue-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26090778763993.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587300,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587296\/revisions\/2587300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}