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slash setup it's just after 8.30 p.m. on November the, 1996. In the far northeast corner of Canada, the wild coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador is in the teeth of a fierce snowstorm.

White flakes swirl through the frigid darkness, borne along on icy gusts.

Beneath the tempestuous sky, the ocean is a freezing

black void. Furious waves throw themselves against the rocky shore, where powdery snowdrifts

pile up like sandbags. The wind shrieks.

But gradually, a different sound surfaces above the roar of the elements, a pulsing thrum.

Moments later, a helicopter emerges from the turbulent gray clouds and sheeting snow,

lit up with red and green navigation lights.

The aircraft battles its way through the squall, lurching through the air like an injured

bird as it's buffeted by the gale.

It jerks and judders, a thin mechanical wine issuing from its trembling fuselage. From his seat behind the pilot,

flight engineer Scott McCoy stares anxiously out of the small window.

There isn't much of view.

You've got anti-collision lights, you have navigation lights.

Things are flashing, so as they're flashing,

they're picking up the snow coming into your face,

and it gets thick enough that you can't see through it.

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