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>> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma center and be okay. >> but when they realize what the sound is, it's crushing news. >> breaking news today on mt. hood. >> rescuers are going after a group of climbers who have fallen into a crevasse. >> turns out the first choppers to get there are news helicopters responding to the breaking story. >> i was expecting something else, and here's a media helicopter flying up. >> the news helicopters are no help to the injured. they're not equipped for rescue. and by now, the...

The debate in washington is revealing just how extreme republicans have become and how far they have drifted from their idol, ronald reagan. they think he's one of the greatest, that he believes on mt. rushmore. in fact, there's been a push for years to get him up there. but republicans have a big problem. reagan is too liberal for today's gop. attacking the president's tax plan saying, quote, where are the spending cuts, medicare, medicaid, and now obama care and social security? he goes on to say, quote, democrats pretend that social security is coming through 2033 but its trust fund except ...

I remember watching my ice ax just rip through the ice. >> it's all happening so fast. harry and his friend bill and several others are in one tangled mess heading right for selena. >> i put my head down because all the ice was coming down on us and just prayed that we didn't get hit. but i was fully expecting an impact. >> then the bodies just started sliding into the crevasse. you could hear them, you know, thump. >> selena is somehow spared from the fall, but her boyfriend, jeremiah, is not as lucky. cleve's son cole, too, gone with several others. >> there was just dead silence. and i reme...

Standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. >> i didn't even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but they're hours away. of the six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going...

Whatever i could. >> the call his dad, cleve joiner, makes to 911 sets in motion a massive rescue operation. six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but they're hours away. of the six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma center and be okay. >> but when they realize what the sound is, it's crushing news. >> breaking news...