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Authors: Randal Lanser

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W
a
lker
ca
l
l
e
d
m
e
a
nd
a
l
ong
with
t
his
i
n
f
o he
e
-
m
a
i
l
e
d me, to
l
d me a
small plane
w
e
nt down, like
I
to
l
d
y
ou, n
ea
r
B
e
a
r
B
re
a
t
h
.
F
l
i
g
ht p
la
n s
a
y
s it
w
a
s
n
’t suppos
e
d
to be
a
n
y
wh
e
re
n
e
a
r the
re
. Th
e
re
w
e
re
th
r
e
e
o
cc
up
a
nts
on bo
a
rd. One
o
f th
e
m w
a
s
Antho
n
y

Ti
n
o’
C
a
ss
i
opp
i
, boss of the Cosa
N
ostr
a
’s Chine
s
e
c
onn
e
c
t
i
o
n
. The
se
c
ond
w
a
s
L
e
on
a
rd

L
u
c
k
y
’ C
a
sin
o
, pi
l
ot and
g
e
n
e
r
a
l
g
oon
for
the mob
on the
we
st co
a
s
t
. The
t
h
ird
wa
s
a
g
irl no one
s
e
e
ms
t
o know mu
c
h
a
bout,
a
nd who m
a
y
h
a
v
e
surviv
e
d the
c
r
a
sh.
W
a
l
k
e
r s
ee
ms
t
o th
i
nk th
e
y
w
e
re
t
r
y
i
n
g
to r
e
nd
e
z
vous with a
Chinese
re
s
e
a
r
c
h
v
e
ssel
a
n
c
ho
r
e
d in Ot
t
e
r B
a
y
.
S
a
id
t
h
e
y
m
a
y
h
a
ve
b
e
e
n smug
g
l
i
ng
m
i
l
i
ta
r
y
s
e
c
r
e
t
s to
the Chin
e
s
e
.
I
’m
g
u
e
ss
i
ng
nu
c
l
e
a
r missi
l
e
te
c
hnolo
g
y
, but
t
h
a
t’s just
a
g
u
e
ss. Yo
u
r job is
t
o
g
e
t
y
o
u
r t
ea
m
t
o that
c
r
a
sh s
i
g
ht, s
e
c
u
r
e
i
t
,
a
nd
d
ig
it
out
b
y
to
m
o
r
r
o
w
a
ft
e
rnoon
w
h
e
n th
i
s
W
a
lker
is
g
oi
n
g
to show up
with some
F
AA
p
e
op
l
e
to
i
nv
e
st
i
g
a
te the
c
r
a
sh.”


H
e
y
,
I
kn
o
w this
g
u
y
.”
C
a
ptain C
a
rn
e
s
looked
u
p f
r
om
t
he
F
A
A
re
p
o
rt he
h
a
d b
e
e
n
g
la
n
c
ing
a
t whi
l
e
l
i
stening
to
P
ick
e
t
t
.


W
h
o
?


This
S
h
e
ri
f
f
B
i
l
l K
e
l
l
e
r
.
W
e
w
e
re
in boot
ca
mp
a
nd then Spe
c
ial
F
o
r
ce
s t
r
a
in
i
ng to
g
e
th
e
r.
I
know him pr
e
tt
y
w
e
l
l.
W
e
kind of lost
touch
w
h
e
n he
l
e
ft the
m
i
l
i
ta
r
y
. G
u
e
ss he
w
e
nt home
a
nd
g
ot h
i
mself
e
l
e
c
ted sh
e
ri
f
f.
N
ic
e
st
g
u
y
y
ou’d
e
v
e
r
w
a
nt
t
o me
e
t
,
b
ut behind that nice
g
u
y
f
ront is one tou
g
h s
o
n
of a
bi
t
c
h.”


W
e
l
l
, st
a
y
a
w
a
y
f
rom h
i
m
.
W
a
lker
made
th
i
s ve
r
y
c
l
ea
r.
H
e
to
l
d me the
C
I
A
a
lr
e
a
d
y
h
a
d p
e
ople on the
g
round
h
a
n
dl
i
ng
the Chin
e
s
e
, Mitc
h
e
l
l
,
a
nd his lod
g
e
.
H
e
di
d
n

t w
a
nt a
n
y
of o
u
r p
e
ople
a
c
c
ident
a
l
l
y
bump
i
ng
in
t
o them
a
nd t
i
pping
o
f
f the
Chinese
or Mit
c
h
e
l
l
.
S
o
y
ou
a
r
e
to st
a
y
a
s
f
a
r
a
w
a
y
f
r
om
t
he
Chin
e
se
ship
a
nd Mitch
e
l
l
’s lod
g
e
a
s possib
l
e
. Y
o
u
g
ot
t
h
a
t
C
a
ptai
n
? K
ee
p
y
our
n
o
s
e
out of
W
a
lke
r
’s business.
I
’ll ki
c
k
y
our
h
otshot ass
a
ll
the
w
a
y
out of the
a
r
m
y
if
y
o
u s
c
r
e
w this up. Got i
t
?


Y
e
s sir.”


I
me
a
n it
C
a
ptain.
G
e
n
e
r
a
l
P
a
rk
e
r told me
t
h
is
w
a
s so
m
e
pr
e
t
t
y
se
r
ious
s
h
i
t
,
a
nd
I
kn
o
w
y
o
u. You think
y
ou’
r
e

.
W
e
l
l
, just
do
y
our job.
N
oth
i
ng
e
lse,
g
ot
i
t
?

“Y
e
s s
i
r.”


Your
job
i
s to
l
o
ca
te the
c
r
a
sh
a
nd
s
ec
u
r
e
it
b
e
fo
r
e
a
n
y
one
e
lse
ca
n
g
e
t
t
h
e
r
e
. Th
a
t
me
a
ns
y
o
u st
a
rt now.
On
c
e
y
ou
h
a
ve
t
he
c
r
a
sh s
i
te s
e
c
u
r
e
d
y
ou
c
a
reful
l
y
d
i
g
it
out.
L
ike
a
n
a
r
c
h
e
ol
o
g
i
c
a
l d
i
g
.
Don’t
dis
t
u
r
b
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
that
c
o
u
ld be
e
viden
c
e
. Th
e
n
w
a
it
f
or
W
a
lker
a
nd the
F
A
A
. O
n
e
other
th
i
n
g
,
M
i
t
c
h
e
ll
said the
g
irl just
w
a
lked
a
w
a
y
f
rom the
c
r
a
s
h site due
w
e
st. Do
e
sn’t make
s
e
nse, but
that’s
w
h
a
t M
i
tch
e
ll
said.
W
a
lker
w
a
nts
y
ou to s
e
n
d a
rec
on
t
ea
m
w
e
st f
r
om
t
he
c
r
a
sh s
i
te. See
if
th
e
y
s
e
e
a
n
y
th
i
n
g
of the
g
irl.”

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