Six Americans Killed in Attack on Helicopter

Six U.S. soldiers from the Army's 101st Airborne Division are killed in Iraq when a Blackhawk helicopter is shot down near Tikrit. Officials say a rocket-propelled grenade hit the aircraft. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

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