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The ravine narrowed like the jaws of a

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sleeping beast. choked with ancient ferns and towering

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mahogany that had stood undisturbed for centuries.

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Above the canopy. the sky bled a violent.

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bruised purple and burning amber as the sun

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surrendered to the horizon.

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Inside the cockpit of the rescue helicopter. the

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instrument panel glowed like a constellation

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of warning lights.

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Sweat stung Cole's eyes. but he couldn't blink.

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not with the crosswinds howling up

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the canyon walls.

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Below them. through the twisting tendrils of valley

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mist. a faint. rhythmic strobe flickered

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from a jagged outcrop of rock.

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40 feet. 30 feet. shouted Alina from the

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open side door. her voice barely cutting through

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the deafening roar of the twin turbines.

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Cole locked his jaw. his hands white -knuckled

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on the collective encyclic.

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He pushed the aircraft lower. wedging the heavy

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metal bird into the vertical slot of

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the jungle canyon.

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As the skids dipped beneath the level of

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the treeline. the immense rotor wash struck the

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emerald canopy like a physical blow.

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Massive trunks bent in unison. violently whipping back

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and forth. while a localized hurricane

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of shredded leaves. water droplets. and jungle debris

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exploded upward into the fading light.

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The helicopter bucked. caught in the thermal updrafts

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bouncing off the stone walls.

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Cole fought the cyclic. muscles straining as he

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held the hover steady over the tiny

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clearing.

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Winches hot. going down. Alina yelled. disappearing from

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the threshold as she dropped the harness

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into the green abyss.

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Time compressed into the shriek of metal. the

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smell of ozone and wet earth. and the

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blinding glare of the dying sun catching the

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mist.

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Through the swirling chaos. Cole saw the red

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jacket of the survivor tethered to Alina.

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rising smoothly toward the cabin floor.

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He held his breath. making micro -adjustments as

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the weight shifted the aircraft.

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With a heavy thud. the rescue line locked.

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Alina gave the universal thumbs up from the

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doorway.

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Cole didn't waste a second.

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He pulled up hard on the collective. roaring

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the engines as the helicopter surged vertically

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out of the canyon. leaving the bent trees

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whipping wildly in their wake and racing up

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toward the safety of the open sky.