31-year-old was from Elizabethville, Pa
The military has confirmed that Special Warfare Operator Chief, 31-year-old Brett Shadle of Elizabethville in Upper Dauphin County, has died in a training accident.
Shadle was a 2000 graduate of Upper Dauphin High School.
Neighbors of Shadle's family tell News 8 that Brett was nothing but a nice guy and that they feel bad for what the family is going through.
He was assigned to a naval special warfare based unit on the East Coast.
Shadle died Thursday during a training exercise in Arizona. A family member tells News 8 he was a member of SEAL Team 6, the team that carried out the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Military officials say he and another SEAL were practicing a "routine military free-fall training" when they collided in mid-air and landed in separate areas.
A family member tells News 8 that Shadle was married and had two children.
The other SEAL is still in the hospital and listed in stable condition.
source: wgal
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