THE TRUE ME as JA Masks
Hey, Gage, you read this morning's paper?
Does it look like I've had the chance?
Your Irish stew boiled over, remember?
Well, that's not all that's been cooking.
Wouldn't you know it, he did it again.
I'm not gonna let you down.
I'm not gonna let you down.
I'm not gonna let you down.
I'm not gonna let you down.
Wouldn't you know it, he did it again.
Who did what?
Mr. Wonderful, Tom Wheeler,
the world's greatest paramedic from Station 110.
Paramedic rescues child.
You know, that's the third time this month
that Wheeler's made the paper.
A child stuck in a tree, that's great human interest.
Yeah.
The question is, how come you guys never get written up?
Do you know what we were doing
the same time he was making that big, spectacular rescue?
That's not the point, Gage, my boy.
It's what you weren't doing.
You, uh, notice who wrote it.
Oh, none other than Carl Evans.
Mm.
Evans must have a thing for Wheeler.
You tell me which makes a better news story,
a 20-foot tree
or a 200-foot cracking tower
with a cardiac arrest halfway down the inside?
I don't know, Johnny.
Give me a minute to think about that.
Squad 51, meet Engine 110 at the station dock.
Boating accident with unknown injuries.
Squad 110 is not available.
Timeout, 910.
Squad 51, 10-4.
How long has Wheeler getting up to publicity?
We're taking all of his calls now.
I don't imagine the victim will care whether it's Wheeler or us.
Maybe old news knows Evans
will catch you guys in action this time.
Don't count on it.
We'll all child-board you.
We'll get you out of here.
We'll get you out of here.
Squad 51, it's Station 110.
Squad 51, time 915.
We've got a schooner two miles out,
coming back from Catalina.
From what we could get, one of the crew has a bad head injury.
I'll get the splint box here.
Is the boat on its way in?
They'll be calmed and the engine's conked out.
I've got a harbor patrol boat standing by.
I'll get the splint box here.
Is the boat on its way in?
I'll get the splint box here.
Where's Wheeler?
They had a run about five minutes before we got the call on this one.
Some kid injured.
Her finger's stuck in the handlebars on her bicycle.
Forced to loose her 7th year
Can you?
Woah, woah, woah, woah!
My bawls are MILLY.
This is Delray Harbor Patrol calling the schooner, Isabel.
Come in, Isabel.
This is the schooner, Isabel.
Over.
Isabel, we've just cleared the breakwater and we're steering a heading of 180.
Can you give us your approximate position?
Over.
I'd like to, but this is the first time I've been out.
Isabel, can you see land?
Yeah.
We're pointing right at a wide piece of bare land.
There's a bunch of houses on each side of it.
LAX runway.
Scan left about 15 degrees.
Got him.
Black hole.
It's a big one.
Isabel, we have you sighted, standby.
Make it quick.
I don't know how long he's gonna last up there.
What did he mean by that?
Just what he said.
Take a look.
Take a look.
Who's that somehow?
What happened?
Well when the wind died, Don, he's the skipper.
He wanted to drop the sails.
They were flopping around too much.
Anyway, the main halyard got stuck up in the block up there, and he went up to try to free
it.
That's when he got it.
I think he called it, came swinging down and caught him in the head.
You're not the whole crew, are you?
No, I might as well be.
The others below seasick.
I tried to free him.
I got a piece of line and tied him up to the rigging the best I could.
Do you have any kind of hoist chair aboard?
Yeah, I think he called it the Bowson's chair.
It's in the back cabin.
I'll go up and check on the patient.
I figure if we can get that jam block loose and drop that sail, we can use a tackle to
get him down.
I'll buy that.
We had three great days at the Isthmus.
It's hard to believe it'd end up like this.
Three-man crew on a 90-foot schooner, two of them inexperienced.
No, it's not hard to believe at all.
Maybe we have to miss the work!
Right pupil slightly dilated.
Left pupil's all the way down.
We better hurry.
We're gonna need a neck splint.
You get me a neck splint out of that black box?
Yeah, that's the one in the air pump along with it.
Okay.
intentionally tara sounds I want to hear you do one.
Ready.
No fucking way!
Yeah, I
Okay, I'll loosen this block.
Four seconds.
Okay, even it out.
Can you get off?
Yeah, but I'd better write it down.
I'd better let her down even.
He's in and out of coma.
Johnny's immobilized his head.
Once we get him down, we can hook a block to that boom.
It'll hold the Stokes to get him into that rescue boat.
I was afraid for a second there, we'd be mopping you up.
Yeah, same thing crossed my mind.
How's he doing?
Worse.
Respiration slow, pulse about 60.
He keeps drifting in and out, times everything and he picks the middle of the ocean to get
clobbered.
I'll use this line underneath his bosun's chair as a foothold to carry him on the way
down.
I'll do it.
Didn't anyone ever tell you about the hazards of volunteering?
Tell me about it sometime.
Okay, bring him down.
Put that stretcher right below us.
Lay him on his side face downward.
Isn't that kind of uncomfortable for him?
Probably, but if we keep him from aspirating, it'll save his life.
I mean, it's that bad.
He's really hurt that bad?
Maybe I should have let you ride down.
Yeah, tell me about it sometime.
I'll give him a more thorough examination on the way in.
Right now, time is most important.
Where are you taking him?
Ground part emergency.
What about us?
The boat?
Well, the Hyra Patrol will pick you up and my able crew.
That would be medical types called aspirin.
Oh, she'll survive, but my partner, I'm not so sure.
Rampart base, this is rescue 51.
Go ahead, 51.
Rampart, we have a male victim, approximate age 25.
He suffered a severe blow on the head.
Vital signs are blood pressure.
140 over 70, pulse rate 55, respiration eight.
The left pupil is normal, the right pupil is slightly dilated.
Still reactive, however.
The patient is drifting in and out of coma.
51, check for blood or serotonin.
I'm going to call the ambulance.
Okay.
I'll be right there.
Rampart, negative on the fluid.
10-4, 51, start a slow drip, intravenous, D5W.
Administer no other drugs.
10-4, ETA is approximately 25 minutes.
25 minutes?
Where are you?
Rescue 51, we are approximately one mile west of Marina Del Rey breakwater.
10-4, 51, do the best you can.
Those two don't get into.
And I have a patient with increasing intracranial pressure that just might need every bit of
that 25 minutes.
Okay, what's first?
Joe Reilly.
He's taking some interns through their paces.
Get him in here, tell him to bring his students with him, they just might learn something.
Then have X-ray set up a full skull series, echoencephalogram, carotid angiography.
We'll take him in emergency treatment first.
Have them ready for renovation if necessary.
Where do you want to find you?
In my office, that other problem hasn't gone away yet, remember?
Oh, yeah, Mr. J.P. Dumont.
The same.
Take it easy, Cal.
He's one very influential man.
Funny, I'm not impressed.
Cal, I'm serious.
He's still flinching at the way you treated him yesterday.
That man can cause a lot of trouble for you and the hospital.
What do you suggest I do, bow, scrape, and beg his forgiveness?
No.
Must be charming, diplomatic, and warm.
Sorry, they didn't teach those subjects in medical school.
Not subjects, Cal, virtues.
Okay, I'll try.
Okay.
Morning, Mr. Dumont.
Oh, is it still morning?
You kept me waiting so long, I thought it must be afternoon by now.
Sorry, I was busy with my patients.
I'm not here for anything, Doctor, except an explanation for your outrageous conduct yesterday.
There seems to be a difference of opinion about yesterday, Mr. Dumont.
As I recall, it was your attitude that created the disturbance.
And I'm not here to argue, Brackett. You have two choices.
An apology and an explanation to my associates who were here with me yesterday...
or the biggest malpractice suit ever slapped on a doctor in the history of medicine.
Let's get something straight.
There's nothing to apologize for. I gave you facts.
It's just unfortunate that you chose to bring the subject up in the presence of your associates.
Now, wait a minute!
No, you wait a minute! I don't know what it is with you, Dumont.
You're either just plain stubborn or totally stupid if you can't face the fact that your son is an epileptic.
He is not an epileptic! He is!
Look, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
Recognize it, live with it.
Learn to understand that it's just an illness like anything else.
You don't know that.
You're using it as an excuse to cover up your total incompetence.
My so-called total incompetence pulled him through a very dangerous situation.
Why don't you swallow some of that false pride of yours?
Had you answered me truthfully yesterday, your son would have never undergone respiratory arrest.
Oh, that's it, Brackett. Pass the buck.
Who was it gave him the drugs that caused him to stop breathing?
Diazepam is routinely used by doctors all over the world to relieve convulsions and seizures.
But first we check the patient's history, which I did.
I asked you if your son was subject to seizures.
You asked me...
I asked you if your son had been taking any medication like diazepam.
You lied to me.
Just a minute!
Your son told me himself this morning, five milligrams of diazepam,
two hours before he was brought in here seizing.
Sure he underwent respiratory arrest.
That five with the dose I gave him would put anybody into respiratory arrest.
The point is, Dumont, I wouldn't have given him one milligram
had you told me what you knew to be the truth.
Had you not been ashamed to admit in front of your friends that your son is sick.
Are you quite through, Brackett?
Are you convinced, Dumont?
Yes, I'm convinced that you're an incompetent, completely unreliable,
liar of the greatest magnitude.
You'll hear from my attorney.
I'm sorry, doctor.
That boat skipper's not going to be too happy when he wakes up and finds out that he's bald.
Let's just hope he wakes up.
I understand you two have gone Navy on us.
We're by choice.
What's with him?
He was seasick. He's still upset about it.
Yeah, we got stuck with the job because Squad 110 was tied up on another major case.
Something about a kid with his finger stuck in a handlebar.
Oh, yeah, I heard about it.
Oh?
Yeah, I saw them on their way to the cafeteria with that newsman, Carl Evans.
Dr. Smith, Administrator's office.
Has Dr. Early come in yet?
Yeah, they just faced a skull series inside.
Thank you.
Come on.
The cafeteria?
I wouldn't miss it.
And to be quite honest with you, you'd have me stumped for a minute.
You know, I mean, how do you get a little girl's finger out of the handlebar?
I'm with you. What happened?
Well, I tried ice, but the suction was too tight, so that didn't work.
You were really stuck, weren't you, Ann?
Oh, I thought...
Aren't you gonna join in on the festivities, Kirk?
It's not my bad, Gage.
Do you know Tom?
Yeah, do I?
How is she?
Yeah, she broke her finger when it first got stuck, but she'll be all right.
Good excuse to get Carl down here for a few pictures, right?
Come on, don't give me the heat.
He's a publicity freak.
That's a good shot.
Go ahead, what else happened?
Well, that's when I had the big idea.
Now, you see, we use this syringe and cannula to start IVs.
So what I did was I removed the needle,
and then I inserted the cannula in between the handlebar and her finger.
Yeah, but what good did that do?
What best is yet to come?
See, I used soap.
I mixed up a batch of that surgical soap,
and then I hooked the syringe to the cannula
and pushed the soap right up between the handlebar and her finger.
So let's do it. Her finger popped right out.
Hey, that's beautiful. Wonderful.
Tell you what, pick Teresa up with you and hold the handlebars, too.
Watch your finger there. All right, and we'll get another good shot.
Come on, Teresa.
All right, Teresa, look right at me when I get the handlebar.
Big girl.
Let me see your hand. Come on, put it out there. One.
Let me see it. Come on, come on.
Good girl. Oh, it's a cute story.
Thanks very much, Tom. See you later.
Anytime, Carl.
Good story, huh, Carl?
Oh, that's a real gasser.
Hey, how come you two never get in on the good stuff?
Faint, I guess.
Try this one on, Carl.
Wait a minute. Wait till I get my book.
Go ahead.
Rescue on the high seas.
Right.
Skipper knocked unconscious, aloft in the rigging.
Mm-hmm.
On a 90-foot cargo schooner right out of the 18th century.
What's the skipper's name?
A fellow by the name of, um, Don Matthews.
Never heard of him.
Well, it's the rescue that's sensational, Carl.
There's no human interest.
Who can relate to a man with a 90-foot schooner?
I'll see you fellas later. I've got to get this stuff down at the desk.
Take care.
Carl's a great guy, isn't he?
Yeah, top-notch, real top-notch.
Say, I want to thank you guys for handling that boat rescue for me.
As you can see, I was kind of tied up here with the accident, the pictures and all.
Yeah, we noticed you've been making the papers quite a bit lately, haven't you?
Oh, I'm getting to feel like a real celebrity.
People are starting to recognize me these days.
You have a way of falling into it.
Not at all, Gage.
See, it's what they call, uh, charisma.
Now, some of us have it...
And some of us don't.
I don't know what to tell you.
As you can see, doctors, the skull series are all negative.
But the spinal tap, the fluid was discolored.
That's right. And that's exactly why we have to go further.
The point is, a negative x-ray should never form the basis for complacency.
Serious and even fatal brain damage can exist even in the absence of an x-ray abnormality.
We're ready, doctor.
This instrument is known as a ultrasonoscope.
And this is a transmitter.
They're used in what we call an echo encephalogram.
It's a device that determines whether there's been a shift in midline structures.
Which would indicate a space occupying lesions.
Exactly.
I'm diagnosed by a pulsed beam of high-frequency sound,
which is emitted by this transmitter.
An echo is back to be recorded on this oscillographic screen
whenever a change of density is encountered.
Kel, it's a simple procedure that can be carried out in a very short time
without disturbing the patient in any way.
Dr. Early will place the transmitter at the patient's temple.
Now, watch the oscilloscope.
High spikes are recorded on the left and extreme right of the screen
by reflections from the skull and temporal muscles.
The midline structures produce a smaller blip.
You see the same, Joe?
Deflection.
Check the other side.
Note the location of the central blip now.
What do you think, Kel?
Let's get him into surgery fast.
A very nice job of surgery, doctor.
Thank you, sir.
I believe Frank felt more like a schoolteacher than a surgeon.
Well, if they learned something, it was worth it.
Dr. Allen, 63.
And what about you, Kel?
You mean, did I learn something?
Not the surgery. You could do that in your sleep.
I'm talking about your bedside manner.
Oh, yes, that does seem to be the subject of considerable discussion
around here lately.
Except bedside manner usually relates to the patient.
In this case, it's the patient's father.
You blew it, Kel. You really blew it.
I was right, Joe.
Medically, morally, and ethically right.
He chose the battleground.
Yes, and he's in a position to buy and sell that battleground
and your job right along with it.
If J.P. Dumont could buy my job,
it's not worth much, is it?
It's worth plenty.
I'd hate to see you anywhere but here.
His attorney called me.
He's a friend of mine.
And?
He's kind of in the middle.
He doesn't want to lose a client,
but he doesn't want to lose J.P. Dumont.
I'll agree with that.
The whole point is, Kel,
this whole thing could have been avoided.
Oh? How?
I know you. I know you so well, Kel.
As a matter of fact, you and Dumont have a lot in common.
You're both hotheads.
There's a difference, Joe. I'm right. He's wrong.
I don't care. Let him sue.
After it's over with, we'll see who's on top.
I'll stack that courtroom with so many medical experts,
it'll take a month to read the transcripts.
And since one of you becomes so affluent,
you can afford the expense of a trial,
not to mention the notoriety.
There's a thing called principle involved here, too, Joe.
So many people get trumped on in the process.
The hospital, other doctors, reputations.
It's not worth it, Kel.
You're not suggesting I make that public apology he wants, are you?
I'd like to talk to him, Kel.
I'd like to set the record straight for you.
I tried that once myself. He won't listen.
Will you give me the chance?
Miss McCall, Administrator...
Charming, diplomatic, and more.
Hmm?
There was something Dixie said.
Smart girl. What do you say?
All right, Dr. Early. Go ahead. Turn on the char.
Hey, where are you going? It doesn't have to be right this minute.
Yes, it does. He's waiting for my call.
All I needed was your permission, and I've got it.
I'll have him here in an hour.
Like I said, you're a very smart girl.
How was that all about?
Would you believe a lesson in charm, diplomacy, and warmth
when you're mixed in with a good con job?
No, I haven't.
He doesn't hang around here much, you know.
Oh, I will.
I don't want you to miss your big chance.
What was that all about?
Star of stage screen and Carl Evans' distorted idea
of what a good news story is.
Tom Wheeler. The one and only.
Would you like to guess what that phone call was all about?
He'll probably tell us anyway.
He was scouting around for Carl Evans.
Said he had a good news story for him.
Sounds more like he's rubbing it in.
Yeah, he's not getting to me.
Doesn't bother me in the least.
Then what are you so uptight about?
Not uptight.
The jerk.
You know what his big news flash was this time?
Giving a glass of water and a couple of aspirin to Judy Siskine.
And you know who Judy Siskine is.
You're gonna tell us, right?
Remember the girl on the boat, the seasick one?
Well, when the harbor patrol got the schooner in,
there was old Flash down there to meet it.
Well, it turns out that the girl is the daughter of Reginald Siskine.
You know, the owner and publisher of the big ladies magazine.
So?
So nothing.
It's just that Wheeler thought he'd like to get in on the story.
So Reginald brought in his crack reporters
and did a whole series on Wheeler, the great paramedic.
Consoling his daughter after a harrowing experience of seasickness at sea.
Said it'd be a great human interest story.
He was probably right. She was a cute girl.
Is that all you have to say about it?
BEEP
Yeah, well, there goes lunch.
Squad 51, engine 87 with station 43.
Structure fire.
181, 182, get me on the way.
181, 182, get me on the way.
We're on the way.
We should be getting close.
But I don't see a header.
10-4, engine 43.
All units responding with station 43 return.
Battalion 14, engine 43 reports false alarm.
Returning all units.
Squad 51.
They ought to find out who turns in those false alarms and shoot them.
Or better yet, let them get trapped in a burning building
while we're out responding someplace on a false alarm.
You agree?
Well, you lost me three times.
Hey, hey, hey.
Stop, she's in trouble.
I'll get you out of here.
Stick to business, Johnny.
I will, I will.
Oh, gee, gee, am I glad to see you.
I really need help.
Oh, is that the problem?
Oh, no, no, not really.
It's Fargo that I'm worried about.
He's trapped.
It's a horse.
It's not just a horse.
Fargo's a thoroughbred, but he means much more than that to me.
And I can't get him out.
That's all right. We'll get him out, Mrs. uh, Mrs. uh...
It's Miss. Penny. Penny Flores.
Will you help me?
Sure, we'll help you.
Now, we'll... Oh, this is my partner Roy.
My name is John, Johnny Gage.
Well, I'm really glad to meet you and thanks.
I mean, I didn't know what to do.
Oh, we understand.
Don't worry, we'll do all we can to get him out.
That is unless we get a call.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, listen, now, how did you get him down?
Come on, let's go.
Now, have any ideas?
Only one so far.
He's not gonna climb on there by himself.
Well, maybe we could pull him out.
Well, there's no foothold and I'm afraid we'd injure him.
Well, what's the answer?
I'd hate to disappoint the girl.
Yeah, I know.
Well, we can start with a shovel.
A shovel?
Can't you think of anything easier?
And being that you so graciously volunteered our services,
you can start digging.
This, well...
We are...
Utility 8, call station 49.
You there, what's up?
How you doing, Johnny?
I certainly appreciate this, Roy.
Oh, no problem.
Engine 236, return to quarters.
How did Fargo get down there anyway?
Oh, a bunch of hot rod kids spooked him when the car backfired.
I'm just glad he wasn't hurt.
You could be hurt a lot worse, too.
You're gonna have to get into the hospital for a tetanus shot
as soon as Fargo here gets on firm ground.
Oh, believe me, I want to get out of here as bad as you do.
Well, I think that's just about it.
You do fine work, Johnny.
Yeah, appreciate it.
Headquarters 2, your destination in ETA.
I've hooked the other end of the bumper of the squad.
All right.
Wait a minute.
What do you want me to do?
Help the horse.
Well, from which end?
Okay, well, come on.
Come on, we're gonna get you out of here.
Come on.
Keep an eye on him for me, will you?
What, do you think it'll work?
Fargo cooperates.
Oh, somebody better hold his reins.
I'll holler when I'm ready, okay?
All right, now we're friends, right?
And no accidents.
Attaboy, attaboy.
Are you ready to go?
Okay, Roy.
All right, now go.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Got it?
Yeah.
Oh, good boy.
Good Fargo, yeah.
I can't thank you enough, really.
It's no problem.
Glad to be of help.
You have some place to put that horse?
You're gonna have to go to the hospital for a shot.
Oh, I will, as soon as I put Fargo in his corral.
Our place is about half a mile up the road.
I can't thank you enough.
Oh, it's okay.
It's all right.
I really mean it.
Thanks again, fellas.
Italian 13, squad 209, it's 10-7, it's me, Fred.
Remember today on the boat?
Yeah.
You started to say something about volunteering?
I ain't gonna volunteer anymore.
Italian 9, call research and planning.
So you see, Mr. Dumont, there's a lot more to this practice of medicine than you might think.
Am I to conclude that this tremendous strain you're talking about excused his arrogance?
No, sir.
But it's certainly likely you'd take it into consideration.
Perhaps all of us have learned something from this, including Dr. Brackett.
I doubt it.
The only thing I'm convinced he's learned is how to put up a good, thick wall and hide behind it.
Sometimes you all have that problem to some degree.
I think the answer lies in understanding one another and tearing down that wall.
He's an excellent doctor, Mr. Dumont, and you.
Your reputation as a fair and just man in this community is unquestioned.
Just think of dragging this thing through the courts would do to both of you.
And what about my son?
Do you realize what's happened to him because of Brackett's attitude?
I realize one very important thing that's happened to your son because of Dr. Brackett.
He's alive.
Ident doctor.
Hi. Good to see you made it.
Yes, I just got here.
We'll get you a shot as soon as we can.
Johnny, Roy, what do we have here?
A lacerated arm. She's gonna need a tetanus shot.
Okay, why don't you come on in here?
Okay.
Thanks again, fellas.
That's okay. Listen, do you have a ride home?
Yes, my boyfriend drove me down, and he's waiting for me right now.
Oh.
Maybe...
Stick to nurses. Your batting average is a little better.
Huh.
I delivered a baby.
Wheeler delivered a baby. What a story.
There's such a big deal about delivering a baby.
In the back of a pickup truck in the middle of the San Diego freeway?
Miss Jones, reception please.
Mrs. Smith, 65, please.
The next thing Adam brings his wife down here,
you mean to tell her that you're going to be a doctor?
There you go again. Sorry, I take it back.
Remember that promise, Kel.
From now on, I'm Mr. Warm and Cuddly.
Just remember, I can't afford to make a career of bailing you out.
Do you realize I spent over three hours with that guy?
It must have been a backbreaker. I couldn't have stood three minutes.
You know, Joe, maybe we should team up. I'll cure him and you come.
Pass. I couldn't afford you.
What's it been, two weeks since we delivered that baby?
Where was Carl then?
Probably looking for a human interest story.
Engine 51, squad 51, engine 125, construction accident.
Overland between Kelmore and Northgate.
Overland between Kelmore and Northgate.
Timeout 15-21.
I'm going to call the police.
I'm going to call the police.
I'm going to call the police.
Overland between Kelmore and Northgate. Timeout 15-20.
Squad 51, responding from rampart emergency.
10-4, squad 51.
Sounds like a big one.
There are no small accidents. Not for the victims.
She's down here, all right. I've seen her fall in.
Here?
Yeah, there's a whole bunch of kids playing around here.
I've run them off two or three times.
Little girl could have been more than five years old.
She just ran across that hole and disappeared from sight.
How deep is it?
About 15 feet.
Kelly, get me a light, will you?
Engine 53, engine in squad 6, control 83, T-7.
Angle that light down a little bit more in the hole.
Easy, that hole is shaky enough to fill in by itself.
I can see her.
She's stuck down in the hole with her arm over her head like this.
If we could drop a line down, take a loop around her wrist.
It's worth a try.
All right, let me take your place for a minute.
Okay, lower it down.
All right, about another foot.
All right, easy.
See if you can wrap that loop around her wrist.
Easy.
All right, all right, tighten it up.
Okay.
All right, now, let's try to bring her up.
Oh, my baby, my little Elena, my baby.
Damn it.
It's not going to work.
Come on, you better bring that pump in.
This is the little girl's mother, Mrs. Diaz.
She could use some encouragement.
I'll try, I'll try.
Elena.
We're going to have to try something else.
She's just wedging there too tight, the loop wouldn't hold.
Then we can dig her out.
The way I see it.
Elena, can you hear me?
We put a risky shaft down right here.
We'll be far enough away from the shoring holes
not to disturb it.
I'm with you.
Elena.
We dig straight down, across,
then we can dig across.
Can you hear me, sweetheart?
The shoring hole.
I don't know.
This ground's awful loose.
See if we have any other choice.
I don't either.
Do you have an operator for that great hole?
Yeah.
Sam, bring that great hole over here.
You have nothing to worry about.
There's a lot of people here and they're all going to help.
Is she going to die?
We're doing everything we possibly can, Mrs. Steele.
Don't lose hope.
She needs to hear you.
She has to have your confidence.
Please, try to talk to her again.
Elena, you know what we're going to do in a little while, honey?
You know what we're going to do in a little while, honey?
I figure it'll take about a half an hour to dig 15 feet.
I hope we have that much time.
Please, ma'am, don't be so hasty.
De Soto.
Yeah?
It's exactly 12 feet to the top of her head.
Well, we started the lateral hole at 13.
It should be right on.
Can you still hear her?
It's amazing, but she sounds pretty fair.
Well, we should be through any time now.
Why don't you drop that handi-talkie down?
Thanks.
Okay.
Let's tape it.
Okay, eight feet on the nose.
We should be only inches from the shoring hole.
You better start using your hands.
All right.
I'm through.
Wait a minute.
Shine that light over here.
I don't feel her.
We missed her.
Well, put your arm through the hole and hold it.
Cap squad 51.
We're through to the hole, but she's not there.
You check and see if you can see Gage's hand.
De Soto, you're a foot and a half above her head.
She must have slipped down.
Well, we'll back off, Cap, and then angle down.
Johnny, we're too high.
We're gonna have to back off and then angle down.
Cap, Tom Wheeler, squad 110, send over to assist.
Just hang loose, Wheeler.
We're getting close.
Cap, we shouldn't be in here any time.
10-4.
I'm getting close.
How long's it been?
About three hours.
It's gonna be a miracle if she hangs on.
Let's pray for one minute.
Hold it.
Roy, I got her.
She looks okay.
She really looks okay.
Lena, how do you feel, sweetheart?
We've got her out.
She appears to be okay.
She keeps asking for Molly.
10-4.
Oh, thank God.
Oh, good.
Watch your head.
Watch your head.
Oh, my little baby.
Oh, my baby, my baby, my baby.
Oh, my baby, my baby.
Oh, my baby.
You know, this is one time I really don't care
if Wheeler does make the papers.
I don't care.
I don't care.