In reply to Greylag:
Thanks for the heads up. I have just finished watching the first episode, and might have had a bit of a tear too.
When the medic was flying in knowing not much other than the rough depth of the fall... and the rescue crew just had someone right on the edge of life... the pilot just as cool as ever, minimalist motions, carefully watching...
I did a year of retrieval work and it must have left a little bit of something behind, as it all came racing back; that feeling of inexorability when coming in on a shallow landing and the pitch of the engines changes, the pat down of kit in pockets and sleeves, and getting ready to do whatever - thankfully I worked with absolutely incredible guys who had decades of experience and skill and could carry my burden lightly without making me feel like a spare part. But hell I was nervous tonight: flying in after 15 years doing other things and all of a sudden being back there was a wrench.
Wonderful outcome. I think seeing him limping along, and then seeing the guys faces - just magical, under the circumstances. It would be a hard heart that didn't cry a bit
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