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<v Speaker 1>According to the FAA, a twin engine aircraft crash into

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<v Speaker 1>the Atlantic Ocean just after noon, roughly fifty miles east

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<v Speaker 1>of Vero Beach. Shortly after taking off. The pilot declared

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<v Speaker 1>an emergency with air traffic Control. Soon after communication was lost.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Miracle Files.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Emily Jones.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm Holly Worthington. Sometimes the news and social media

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<v Speaker 4>can feel pretty dark.

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<v Speaker 5>And true crime can leave you afraid to even crawl

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<v Speaker 5>into bed. But we're here to prove that there are

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<v Speaker 5>more miracles than murders.

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<v Speaker 4>In these special Miracles in the News episodes, we dig

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<v Speaker 4>through the headlines.

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<v Speaker 5>For you because miracles still happen and God is still good.

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<v Speaker 4>Welcome back to Miracles in the News. Okay, Emily, I

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<v Speaker 4>want you to imagine your boarding a plane for what

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<v Speaker 4>should be probably one of the least memorable flights that

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<v Speaker 4>you've taken. Like you're in the Bahamas. You're just going

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<v Speaker 4>from island to island, across continents. It's beautiful outside. You

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<v Speaker 4>throw your bag under the seat, maybe glance out the window,

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<v Speaker 4>maybe think about what you're going to do when you land.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely nothing about this feels dangerous or like it's a

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<v Speaker 4>day that could turn ugly.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, I already know where this is headed.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm supposed to fly in a few days, so

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<v Speaker 5>maybe it's coming to visit me.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe not the best time, Okay, go on.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, honestly, most flights are safe. It's one of the

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<v Speaker 4>safest ways to travel.

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<v Speaker 3>They say, doesn't feel like it.

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<v Speaker 4>I know. It is a little scary, and unfortunately for

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<v Speaker 4>eleven people that were on a flight in the Bahamas,

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<v Speaker 4>things went very wrong and out of nowhere, the airplane

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<v Speaker 4>starts malfunctioning. The pilot is losing critical systems, including the engines.

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<v Speaker 1>Behavian officials say the plane took off from Marsh Harbor

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<v Speaker 1>in the Bahamas headed to Freeport, what's typically a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minute flight, but shortly after taking off, the pilot declared

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<v Speaker 1>an emergency with air traffic Control. Soon after communication was.

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<v Speaker 6>Lost, authority say the twin engine turboprop experienced engine failure.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my gosh, terrifying.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. So here's the plane's pilot, forty three year old

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<v Speaker 4>Nicks and describing what happened.

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<v Speaker 7>I did my best.

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<v Speaker 3>I had a lot of stuff going on in the aircraft.

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<v Speaker 7>I was trying to get that under control.

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<v Speaker 4>Basically Losso on my obligation, all radios over twenty five years,

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<v Speaker 4>and I've never seen anything like that.

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<v Speaker 5>What would you do? I swear I have pictured this

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<v Speaker 5>exact moment in my head every time I fly. I'm

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<v Speaker 5>like on the edge of my seat waiting for this

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<v Speaker 5>to happen, Like, Okayhapules is taking us down.

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<v Speaker 4>We got to work on your faith a little bit. Girl.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, plane is scary.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know why, but yeah, I think we've all

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<v Speaker 4>had that thought a time or two.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but this is.

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<v Speaker 4>No longer just a thought for these people. At this point,

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<v Speaker 4>both engines have completely failed. They're fifty to eighty miles offshore,

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<v Speaker 4>so all that is beneath the plane is open ocean,

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<v Speaker 4>which immediately changes the situation because there's nowhere to land,

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<v Speaker 4>no airports or roads or open fields, just ocean. And

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<v Speaker 4>Nixon has to make an onboard announcement that nobody on

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<v Speaker 4>the plane wants to hear. They're going to have to

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<v Speaker 4>land in the water. And I keep thinking about those

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<v Speaker 4>final moments leading up to impact, because, unlike so many emergencies,

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<v Speaker 4>like everybody on board understands what's about to happen. They

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<v Speaker 4>know they're going to crash. It would be so terrifying,

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<v Speaker 4>I know. And they also know that they're far from shore,

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<v Speaker 4>and they know that even if they survive hitting the water,

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<v Speaker 4>that only creates a whole other problem.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, they're going to be out in the middle of

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<v Speaker 5>the ocean. Exactly terrifying.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. So, Olympia Auten is with her thirty year old

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<v Speaker 4>niece and her two young adult sons on that flight,

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<v Speaker 4>and all she has time to do is brace for

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<v Speaker 4>imped and this is what she says happens next.

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<v Speaker 6>The forty eight year old was traveling on a small

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<v Speaker 6>plane between Islands and the Bahamas Tuesday when they meet

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<v Speaker 6>a crash landing in the ocean.

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<v Speaker 7>And it came down that when it hit it boom.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, boom boom.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>That plane hits the water hard. But despite being terrified,

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<v Speaker 4>pilot Ian Nixon makes an incredibly difficult landing as smoothly

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<v Speaker 4>as humanly possible, and upon landing, water starts pouring into

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<v Speaker 4>the cabin and Ian knows he needs to act fast.

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<v Speaker 4>Once he hit the water, I think my first sort

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<v Speaker 4>was he didn't die, he didn't die, Let's get.

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<v Speaker 3>Out, Let's get out.

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<v Speaker 5>So scary, It's like right from one emergency onto the

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<v Speaker 5>next yep.

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<v Speaker 4>And if you can imagine the chaos in those seconds.

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<v Speaker 4>There's impact, there's confusion, there's water rushing in, there's panic,

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<v Speaker 4>and Olympia can't get her seatbelt unbuckled. I still was

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<v Speaker 4>in the plane because I was trapped, she says.

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<v Speaker 6>Her son helped her get unbuckled. Then, she says, she

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<v Speaker 6>jumped in the water, not knowing how to swim. She

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<v Speaker 6>flapped her feet until her family pulled her onto a

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<v Speaker 6>life raft, where she and the other passengers watched as

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<v Speaker 6>the plane went under.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my gosh, you can't swim, Like what else? Right?

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<v Speaker 4>And can you imagine watching that plane just sink into

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<v Speaker 4>the ocean.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be shocking.

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<v Speaker 4>Mind blowing. But somehow, against the odds, all eleven people

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<v Speaker 4>survived the crash itself, which is definitely miracle number one, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And then on top of that, Ian Nixon is able

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<v Speaker 4>to get everyone out of the sinking plane and onto

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<v Speaker 4>a small life raft. But this is only the beginning,

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<v Speaker 4>because now these people are floating out in the middle

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<v Speaker 4>of the Atlantic on a little round yellow life raft

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<v Speaker 4>with no communication, Oh my gosh, like.

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<v Speaker 2>No sunes, no radios.

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<v Speaker 4>Nothing, no, And they have no idea if anyone's even

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<v Speaker 4>heard the pilot's distress calls. Because the radios have gone

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<v Speaker 4>out before they even crash, and the waves are starting

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<v Speaker 4>to rock. They're in rough water, a storm is brewing.

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<v Speaker 4>These people have absolutely no guarantee that anyone is going

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<v Speaker 4>to find them. And I think sometimes movies have given

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<v Speaker 4>us unrealistic expectations about search and rescue, because we imagine

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<v Speaker 4>somebody immediately notices a missing aircraft and helicopters magically a

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<v Speaker 4>pair overhead. But the Atlantic Ocean is enormous and finding

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<v Speaker 4>a small life raft in open water is incredibly difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>It reminds me of last week's episode.

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<v Speaker 5>We talked a lot about how hard it is to

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<v Speaker 5>find someone in the water. Yeah, the ocean is so massive.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I'm sure these people are in for a

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<v Speaker 5>long wait. Yeah, exactly. This ordeal is far from over. Unfortunately.

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<v Speaker 4>In fact, five hours pass and the weather keeps getting worse.

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<v Speaker 4>The swells keep getting bigger, thunderstorms are moving in, threatening

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<v Speaker 4>to create like the perfect conditions for a tragedy. The

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<v Speaker 4>swells are just getting bigger and bigger, and meanwhile the

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<v Speaker 4>raft is just drifting further and further away. From where

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<v Speaker 4>anyone expects him to be. And this is where you

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<v Speaker 4>really see God's hand in this story, because the nine

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<v Speaker 4>hundred and twentieth Rescuing of the US Air Force Reserve,

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<v Speaker 4>an elite unit, is already airborne on a training mission,

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<v Speaker 4>so when they get the call, they are immediately redirected.

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<v Speaker 8>What's even more incredible here is that the nine hundred

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<v Speaker 8>and twentieth Rescuing is strained specifically in search and rescue.

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<v Speaker 8>This is an elite unit and they just happen to

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<v Speaker 8>be training fifteen minutes from where the crash landing took place.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow, fifteen minutes and this massive ocean. It's crazy they

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<v Speaker 5>were so close by, it really is. But wait, so

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<v Speaker 5>you said that they had been out in the water

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<v Speaker 5>for five hours. So if this Air Force crew is

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<v Speaker 5>only fifteen minutes away, yeah, how do you explain that?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, so I had the same question. And geographically they're

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<v Speaker 4>only fifteen minutes away, but that doesn't mean that they

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<v Speaker 4>know where to look. And even though they have a

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<v Speaker 4>general idea, they're still trying to find a small yellow raft,

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<v Speaker 4>probably the size of a dining room table, across thousands

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<v Speaker 4>of miles of open ocean.

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<v Speaker 5>So nearby doesn't necessarily mean easy to find right not

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<v Speaker 5>even hard to find.

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<v Speaker 4>But having the air force nearby does mean that they

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<v Speaker 4>can start searching right away.

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<v Speaker 6>Gotcha on the water, Everyone quickly got onto a life raft.

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<v Speaker 6>The plane sank as they waded through rough weather, not

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<v Speaker 6>knowing if help was on the way.

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<v Speaker 4>During all of this, Olympia is praying for rescue for hours.

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<v Speaker 4>She's just praying and pleading with God, and even though

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<v Speaker 4>she has no idea that anyone is looking for them,

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<v Speaker 4>she's trying to stay calm and have faith. And then

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<v Speaker 4>the pilot ian makes a bold and faithful declaration. He

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<v Speaker 4>says to everyone on the raft, within ten minutes, someone

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<v Speaker 4>will come for us. And then a few minutes later,

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<v Speaker 4>one of the passengers says, hold on, did you hear something.

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<v Speaker 4>Everyone looks up, and finally they see a helicopter in

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<v Speaker 4>the distance, and then at last it stops and is

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<v Speaker 4>hovering overhead, and everyone is just overwhelmed with gratitude.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh, when I see the helicopter, that's when I release.

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<v Speaker 4>I say, oh, thank you.

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<v Speaker 7>Jesus says, we get saved.

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<v Speaker 4>He gets saved.

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<v Speaker 7>We get see it.

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<v Speaker 2>I would be doing that too. I would be saying

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<v Speaker 2>thank you Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I'm sure that was just such a.

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<v Speaker 4>Relief just to see now I know, and it's amazing

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<v Speaker 4>that they've been found. But finding everyone is only half

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<v Speaker 4>the battle now, because now the helicopter has to get

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<v Speaker 4>everyone out of the water. They immediately drop extra survival

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<v Speaker 4>equipment and rafts and begin pulling survivors out of the ocean.

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<v Speaker 7>Once we found there's eleven, our media concern was do

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<v Speaker 7>we have the weight in space take eleven people on board?

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And because the water is so rough, it's taking

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<v Speaker 4>them longer than they expected. And as they're pulling people

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<v Speaker 4>out of the water, the helicopter fuel system begins sounding

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<v Speaker 4>an alarm. It needs to leave now.

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<v Speaker 6>The Coastguard had five minutes left of fuel, faced with

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<v Speaker 6>leaving passengers if they couldn't get them all.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my gosh.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so the helicopter has already spent ninety minutes hoisting

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<v Speaker 4>people from the water. And to be clear, what they

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<v Speaker 4>mean by five minutes left of fuel is that they've

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<v Speaker 4>reached what is referred to as bingo fuel, which means

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<v Speaker 4>that if they don't leave within five minutes, they will

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<v Speaker 4>not have enough fuel to get back to land, and

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<v Speaker 4>not only that, but the weather is getting way worse.

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<v Speaker 4>And again, this is an elite unit and fortunately they

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<v Speaker 4>specialize in this type of difficult rescue, and these are

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<v Speaker 4>heroes who are not about to give up.

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<v Speaker 7>The crew air dropping survival kits and executing this challenging

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<v Speaker 7>operation with limited fuel, hoisting eleven people to safety, completing

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<v Speaker 7>the rescue with only five minutes of fuel left before

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<v Speaker 7>needing to return to Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, so they got everyone on board.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she's truly miraculous.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, they get everybody. I don't know how the helicopter

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<v Speaker 4>did it. Sorry if you don't get that joke language,

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<v Speaker 4>go check out our social media. But yeah, Once the

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<v Speaker 4>last survivors hoisted onto the helicopter, they fly back to Florida,

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<v Speaker 4>where emergency crews are waiting. Everyone from the plane crash

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<v Speaker 5>I'm sure that they will need some time to heal

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<v Speaker 5>emotionally after such a traumatic experience, but absolutely, But I'm

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<v Speaker 4>So back on land, so grateful, and after this incredible rescue,

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<v Speaker 4>several people acknowledge that this has to be a miracle

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<v Speaker 4>from God. Even members of the elite units say it.

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<v Speaker 4>So here's one of the air force pilots talking about it.

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<v Speaker 6>I've not known anyone to survive ditching in the ocean

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, for all those people to survive is pretty miraculous.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, I don't know the stats on ditching, but

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<v Speaker 5>there's like a lot of things in the story that

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<v Speaker 4>That, Yeah, exactly what I thought. Yeah, So okay, Emily,

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<v Speaker 4>here's where the story takes a really bizarre term though,

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<v Speaker 4>you're not going to see this one coming. But after

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<v Speaker 4>the rescue, investigators eventually began looking into why the plane

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<v Speaker 4>crashed and who the survivors were from the plane, and

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<v Speaker 4>they discover something shocking. Apparently one of the survivors is

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<v Speaker 4>now accused of participating in a large drug trafficking conspiracy.

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<v Speaker 4>What yeah, okay, seriously, And to be clear, these allegations

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<v Speaker 4>are still part of an ongoing investigation, but according to reporting,

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<v Speaker 4>this wasn't small scale trafficking either. Court documents alleged connections

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<v Speaker 4>to large cocaine shipments moving through the Bahamas. Again, what

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<v Speaker 4>do I know, Okay, stick with me here. They continue

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<v Speaker 4>this investigation and reportedly discover something else, a bag containing

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<v Speaker 4>approximately thirty thousand dollars in Bahamian currency.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, how did they find a bag if the plane

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<v Speaker 5>sank in the ocean.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, that's a good question.

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<v Speaker 3>I had the same question.

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<v Speaker 4>And according to reports, a fifty eight year old man

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<v Speaker 4>named Jonathan Eric Gardner was found with three phones and

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<v Speaker 4>a crossbody bag that contained the money, and the complaint

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<v Speaker 4>said the money was labeled with the handwritten name of

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<v Speaker 4>a Bahamian politician who was allegedly connected to a planned

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<v Speaker 4>Bahamas bound shipment in November twenty twenty four involving nine

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<v Speaker 4>hundred to one thousand kilograms of cocaine from Columbia.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh you're in trouble now. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So the part about the politician was later redacted from

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<v Speaker 4>public record because it doesn't necessarily prove the politician was

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<v Speaker 4>guilty of anything. Okay, But now investigators start looking into

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<v Speaker 4>that politician, other political leaders start demanding answers, questions start

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<v Speaker 4>being asked publicly, and it looks like, beyond the innocent

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<v Speaker 4>lives that were saved like Olympia Aughton and her family,

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<v Speaker 4>a large drug trafficking ring may have been shut down

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<v Speaker 4>by this plane crash.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow, Okay, you are right. I did not see that coming.

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<v Speaker 5>This was major plot twist, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Know the same. When I found that out, I was

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<v Speaker 4>like what, I was like, are we in the same story? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>And I know the plane crash guys right? And I

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<v Speaker 4>keep coming back to thought over and over again, like,

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<v Speaker 4>if this plane doesn't crash, does any of this happen?

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting? Okay?

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<v Speaker 4>I think sometimes when we talk about miracles, we think

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<v Speaker 4>of them as just like a rescue or a survival. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>but as we've learned, miracles can be very nuanced.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Obviously we should be careful not to claim certainty where

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<v Speaker 4>we don't have it.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>This is all under investigation still, but it is difficult

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<v Speaker 4>not to look at this story and wonder if there

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<v Speaker 4>aren't two miracles it took place. One miracle kept eleven

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<v Speaker 4>people alive, and another miracle may have saved even more

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<v Speaker 4>lives of the people who would have taken those tracks.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>God works in mysterious ways.

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<v Speaker 4>He does, And I am certain Olympia's prayers were heard

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<v Speaker 4>and the prayers of the.

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<v Speaker 3>Other passengers on that plane. Yeah, what a miracle. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, thanks everyone for joining us today. Our God is

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<v Speaker 4>a god of miracles and hopefully listening to this podcast

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