Contents

Introduction / This Morning on the TODAY Show

WILD BLUE YONDER

1. Departing Runway 26

2. Susanville, California

3. KREO

4. Falling from the Skies

5. Still Alive

6. Shelter in Place

CHAIN OF HOPE

7. Dancing Queen

8. What Is Your Emergency?

9. Reaching 911

10. Negative Contact

11. Otherwise Helpless

12. ’Til Weather Clears

13. Persistence’s Reward

14. The Flashy Thing

15. Visual on the Aircraft

16. Found Alive

17. Ramping Up the Rescue

18. Behind the Scenes at the Center of the Wheel

19. Technical Rescue Guys

20. As Smooth As It Gets

21. What We Do Best

ON THE WINGS OF ANGELS

22. UH 72 Lakota

23. No Hero

24. Where God Abides

25. In the Quiet of the Night

Epilogue / All Will Be Well

Photos

List of Terms

Acknowledgments