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C
a
n
y
ou
h
e
a
r me
ok
a
y
Mr. Mit
c
h
e
l
l
?
Ov
e
r
.

“Y
e
s fine
a
nd
y
ou?
Ov
e
r.”

“F
ine,
I

m
g
oing
to
a
r
r
i
v
e
in
B
e
a
r
B
re
a
th as soon
a
s
I
ca
n.
I
’d like
to ask
y
ou some qu
e
st
i
ons, spe
c
ific
a
l
l
y
a
n
y
t
hi
n
g
y
ou
ca
n
r
e
memb
e
r
a
bout
the
c
r
a
sh si
t
e
.
I
t’
l
l be
c
ov
e
r
e
d with s
e
v
e
r
a
l
f
ee
t of sn
o
w,
a
nd
e
v
e
n tho
u
g
h the A
r
m
y
’s
g
oi
n
g
to d
i
g
it
out, w
e
l
l

I
ca
n

t
t
e
ll
y
ou much.
B
ut
t
h
e
r
e
a
r
e
some
n
a
t
i
on
a
l se
c
u
ri
t
y
is
s
u
e
s
a
t s
t
a
ke
a
nd the in
f
o
rm
a
t
i
on
y
ou
c
a
n
g
ive me
a
bout wh
a
t
y
ou s
a
w
c
ould be inv
a
luabl
e
.
I
r
e
a
d t
h
e
F
AA
r
e
port
y
ou ma
d
e
but
i
f
y
ou don

t
m
ind, would
y
ou
g
o ov
e
r
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
a
g
a
in wi
t
h m
e
?
Ov
e
r.”


W
e
l
l
,
I
s
a
w this C
e
ssna S
k
y
l
i
n
e
182 with ski
l
a
nding
g
e
a
r
f
l
y
ov
e
r me
r
ea
l
low h
ea
di
n
g str
a
i
g
ht
w
e
st.
I
th
i
nk the
e
n
g
i
n
e
c
ut of
f
,
for
w
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
r
e
a
son, it w
e
nt down
f
a
st and h
a
rd
r
i
g
ht in
t
o some
tr
ee
s. Must
h
a
ve
kno
c
k
e
d out fif
t
y
y
a
r
d
s of
f
o
re
st b
e
fo
r
e
c
om
i
ng to a stop in a
small
c
le
a
ri
n
g
. Nothi
n
g
le
f
t of
t
he
win
g
s
. T
h
e
y
w
e
re
a
ll
shr
e
dd
e
d
a
nd m
i
x
e
d in wi
t
h the t
ree
s. T
h
e
f
r
ont of
the
c
o
c
kpit
a
nd
e
n
g
ine
w
e
re
p
r
e
t
t
y
much
g
one
t
o
o
. Ov
e
r.”


The
r
e
st of the pl
a
ne
it
w
a
s ok
a
y
?
Ov
e
r
.


I
g
u
e
ss s
o
. At
l
ea
st
y
ou
c
ould
t
e
ll
it
w
a
s the
re
a
r
h
a
lf of
a
n
a
irpl
a
ne
fus
e
l
a
g
e
.
Ov
e
r
.

“How
ma
n
y
bodies did
y
ou s
e
e?
Ov
er
.”


Tw
o
. Ov
e
r.”


You su
re
?
The
F
AA
r
e
p
o
r
t said th
e
re
w
e
re
th
r
e
e
o
cc
up
a
nts of the p
l
a
n
e
.
O
v
e
r.”


I
saw
two
d
ea
d mal
e
s
a
nd the
f
ootprints of a
fe
m
a
le l
ea
di
n
g
a
w
a
y
f
rom the
c
r
a
s
h
.
Ov
e
r
.

“You su
r
e
th
e
y
w
e
r
e
ma
l
e
s and
d
ea
d
?
Ov
er


Th
e
y
w
e
re
both d
e
a
d
.
T
h
a
t’s f
o
r su
r
e
. One
w
a
s
d
e
finite
l
y
a
male
the oth
er
, w
e
l
l
, the
r
e w
a
sn’t much l
e
ft of
hi
m
.
Ov
e
r.”


Ho
w
’d
y
ou know t
h
e
u
n
identifi
a
ble bo
d
y
w
a
s th
a
t of the
se
c
ond male
not
t
he
fe
mal
e
?
W
hich b
r
in
g
s up
a
n in
t
e
r
e
st
i
ng
qu
e
st
i
on. How
did
y
ou kn
o
w the
th
i
rd
o
cc
u
p
a
nt of the
p
lane
w
a
s a
wom
a
n?
Ov
e
r
.

The
p
a
use in
J
i
m
’s
a
nsw
e
r w
a
s
a
ll
Tom n
ee
d
e
d to
h
ea
r.
P
a
t
t
y
h
a
d surviv
e
d
the
c
r
a
sh.
S
he w
a
s prob
a
b
l
y
th
e
re
with
Mitch
e
l
l
. He
hop
e
d she
c
ould he
a
r the
c
on
v
e
rs
a
t
i
o
n. He
would t
r
y
to si
g
n
a
l h
e
r
w
i
t
hout
l
e
t
t
ing Mi
t
c
h
e
ll
know too much. Pam pick
e
d th
i
s up too
a
nd hop
e
d she
would be
a
ble to
g
e
t so
m
e
c
l
u
e
s
a
s to wh
a
t w
a
s ha
p
p
e
ni
n
g
.

T
h
e
l
u
g
g
a
g
e
h
a
d b
ee
n
g
one
t
h
ro
u
g
h
a
nd one
of the
suitc
a
s
e
s
c
ont
a
ined l
a
dies
c
lo
t
hing. Also
the
f
oo
t
p
r
in
t
s le
a
ding
a
w
a
y
f
r
om
t
he
c
r
a
sh w
e
re
those
o
f a
wo
m
a
n

s
boo
t
. Ov
e
r
.


The
l
u
g
g
a
g
e
h
a
d b
e
e
n
gone
thro
u
g
h
.
W
h
a
t e
x
ac
t
l
y
do
y
ou m
e
a
n
b
y
tha
t
?
Ov
e
r.”


Th
e
r
e
w
e
r
e
thr
e
e
suitc
a
s
e
s op
e
n
e
d on the
g
r
ound
a
nd it
looked
a
s thou
g
h
s
omeone
h
a
d thro
w
n the
c
ontents
a
ro
u
nd, l
i
ke
th
e
y
w
e
re
look
i
n
g
f
o
r som
e
th
i
n
g
.
Ov
e
r
.

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