US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, on Monday, compared the rescue mission to extract the missing weapon systems officer (WSO) of the F-15E that Iran shot down over its territory on Friday to the three-day liturgical Triduum, days celebrated by Christians worldwide spanning Good Friday to Easter Sunday, to celebrate the mission.
“Shot down on a Friday: Good Friday. Hidden in a cave, a crevice, all of Saturday. And rescued on Sunday. Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday,” Hegseth said in a press conference.
