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>> one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place. >> dennis' skills are on display at an air show in utah in june of 2008, and one person eager to see it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed out to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter, a schweitzer, is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. >> as dennis takes off, he'...

Several days hoped the helicopter had perhaps made a hard landing and the crew survived and they were just waiting to be rescued in an area where they could not get communications out. the helicopter hit the side of the mountain at 11,200 feet elevation. there is wreckage and at least three bodies. we are waiting to learn what happened to the other five. six u.s. marines and two nepalese. >> they moved you from the landing zone. we were talking to you a half hour ago and they were bringing rescued victims of the earthquake off the helicopters. they are trying to do two things. trying to find t...

See it, and videotape it, is tina tyler, an american gyrocopter pilot. >> i packed up my gyro and headed to utah with my camera in hand. >> for dennis, there's a setback at the beginning of the event. the helicopter is unfamiliar and it's heavier than he's used to. >> i normally fly with ten gallons on board, which weighs 80 pounds, 72, in fact, and i had 30 on board, three times the weight. >> as dennis takes off, he's aware of another element that will have a major impact on his performance. >> the air park had two things going for it. it was high and it was hot, 96 degrees that day. >> both...

And additionally, they just had a brand-new daughter born on the 28th of may, four months before. >> forensic investigators searched natalie's abandoned car and found a wealth of evidence. >> vehicles are like a magnet. it's a very hard place to hide evidence. >> near the windshield wipers, dr. bock found bits of mountain grass and some unusual pine needles, neither of which was common in the area. >> it was material that had come from approximately 9,000 feet elevation in a canyon along the front range. >> this vegetation was consistent with the type growing near left hand canyon. >> the car ...

We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. the united states stands ready to offer assistance and support to the governments of france germany and spain as they investigate this tragedy. that statement from the state department here in washington. let's turn to cnn's tom foreman. he's over at the magic wall with more on what's going on. the terrain over there is 6,000 feet elevation in that part of france. it's pretty rough. >> very rough. if you take a look at it as we fly into the terrain here and take a look at it we'll bring up some of the mountains of the french...