{"id":2587341,"date":"2026-04-05T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-airman-rescued-from-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:24:19","slug":"trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-airman-rescued-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-airman-rescued-from-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hails \u2018Easter miracle\u2019 after second airman 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-airman-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=2587341&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>The Washington Examiner reports that President Donald Trump hailed the rescue of the second and final U.S. airman downed over Iran in an F-15 incident as an \u201cEaster miracle.\u201d The article notes that two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/search-and-rescue-teams-at-site-of-indonesian-plane-crash\/\" title=\"Search and ... teams at site of Indonesian plane crash\">crew members<\/a> were shot down by Iran; one was rescued in broad daylight, and the second airman was recovered after a seven-hour operation over Iran, though he was injured and listed as stable. Trump described the rescue as unprecedented in such violent territory, praising the rescuers as brilliant, strong, decisive, and cool, and said there was a prior rescue the public could not be told about. He indicated there would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >joint press conference<\/a> from the Oval Office the next day. The piece also mentions Iran fired on U.S. aircraft during the search,including the downing of an A-10 whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-pakistani-jet-shot-down-by-panjshir-resistance-fighters\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Pakistani Jet ... Down By Panjshir Resistance Fighters?\">pilot ejected<\/a> and was rescued,and it notes Trump\u2019s warnings that Iran could face a massive strike on its energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened,including a countdown deadline.  <\/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 crew member 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 final crew member downed over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> in an F-15 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;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hails-easter-miracle-after-second-pilot-rescued-from-iran\/\" title=\"... hails \u2018Easter miracle\u2019 after second ... ...d from ...\">respected colonel&#038;rdquo<\/a>; before U.S. forces were able to rescue the stranded airman in a &ldquo;raid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president said he would hold a joint press conference with the military from the Oval Office on Monday at 1 p.m. following the &ldquo;AMAZING show of bravery and talent by all.&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 crew members 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 airman was rescued with injuries but is 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. military aircraft were fired at by Iran as they searched for the two airmen, 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 airman 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 second F-15 crew rescue as Easter miracle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2587342,"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\/AP25349736624339.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77196,77187,3634],"class_list":["post-2587341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-airman-rescue","tag-easter-miracle","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP25349736624339.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587341","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=2587341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587345,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587341\/revisions\/2587345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}