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Sam focused his binoculars on the flooded field directly below the tree jutting out of the cliff, saw severallifeless at the bottoet us in closer? I’d like to see the source of that waterfall”

The pilot continued his ascent, giving them a view of the entire valley and theswollen tributaries and strea the river below

“Mr Fargo,” Okoro said “You look worried If those dead ood news?”

“I hope so,” Sairls when they were swept away “Can you follow that waterfall to its source?”

“I can try” The helicopter swung around Rain beat down on the windshield, while a gust of wind sent drops of water across the glass,it difficult to see An ar their attention “So’s spooked them,” the copilot called out

Sa their movement, wondered if the sound of the helicopter had disturbed the movement behind them

The pilot ascended over the treetops, allowing a better view of a massive boulder between the mountain and the swollen creek

“There,” Sam shouted

The pilot banked toward them

Sa he had difficulty breathing Re

As the aircraft neared, Sam realized the debris from the flash flood had forh on the side closest to the their view “Check upstream”

They flew over the boulders, the girls waving wildly, trying to get their attention The other side looked like a ainst a boulder as though holding back the flood, was his wife She squinted up at theave the cliff above her a pointed look

A couple of the chi the sa doo al down from the cliff above, the deep broater filled with silt washing between that boulder and the base of the et them off that rock”

“Copy,” the pilot said “I think I can come in fro them up one by one”

Sam focused his binoculars on the flat-topped boulder and up just beyond the down the lanced at the two soldiers and Okoro “If you can touch down on the edge of the boulder, between the four of us back here we can extract them twice as fast”