Sabiston, Erik: - Veteran UH-60 Blackhawk pilot Erik Sabiston is the author of Dustoff 7-3. Before becoming a soldier he worked as a bartender, music teacher, butcher and even a door-to-door salesmen. He lived off the grid for two years in the redwood forest, then joined the Army after 9-11. Over a three day period he and his crew performed some of the most death defying rescues in the Afghanistan war while unarmed and under enemy fire.