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SAN DIEGO — It was one bitter-sweet moment Thursday morning when 77 years small John and the widow of his best friend thanked for the firemen of a delivery last month with the national monument of Cabrillo.

Little and the reed Harold 91 friends during 50 years was in the truck record player of the reed when it plunged in bottom of a ravine on October 12th.

The reed died ten days later at a hospital. Little suffered articulations and cuts and broken contusions.

The widow of the Betty reed 86 and little came in San Diego Fire-Save the base of operations of air to the field of Montgomery with where they tightened the hand and personally expressed their gratitude with the firemen and the crew of the helicopter 2 which drew the two men with safety.

The reed with soft voice flickered behind tears as it held the hands of the fireman Shannon Mueller an engineer with the engine 22 which was the first crew of delivery to the scene.

The reed indicated that it made its feeling good to know that each one worked so hard to save her husband and that she appreciates all they make. It brought a framed projectile of helicopter 2 that her husband who had been a pilot and a thick leather of photography had taken and it presented it to the crew.

Chris controls Hartnell said that took three minutes of time just when they plucked the reed out of the throat to obtain it at the medical center of UCSD. Lindbergh Field held a starting flight to release the flight trajectory for the carver.

We very requested for Harold Hartnell indicated. We wanted to give him the best chance to make it. he said.

Little described the efforts of delivery like absolutely perfect.

Neither one nor the other one of us would have done it out there apart from them it said.

Little and reed went to the national park in the Point Loma to take photographs not very known as. They parked the first time in one spaces but in addition moved with a space on cliff side to obtain the best seen.

To cover with thatch which was the drive accidentally taken a step on gas instead of the brake sending its collection 2003 of Chevy above the edge and to the bottom of approximately 500 feet of the stiff hill.

Little the regard travelled between 20 and 25 Mph. He said he thought that he was going to die and that the thoughts of his late wife packed by her spirit.

The truck ran more twice turned on its side then run at least four additional times before it finally stopped close to the bottom of the throat. It was back with the two men always girdled in their seats with the deployed bags of air.

Little indicated that it looked at more reed which was without knowledge and knew that it was not going to be able to obtain it out of the mutilated truck. Thus it dboucl its safety belt and was twisted outside by the broken windshield and started to go to the top of the hill for the assistance.

A forest guard of park had reported that the accident and the assistance arrived the minutes later.

The firemen are ridden to the bottom the bonds lowered of Barry of doctor of hill and delivery of helicopter 2 to the wreck. They released the reed of the crumpled truck and whipped it on a stretcher fixed at helicopter 2. The helicopter flew to far with the reed and the bonds always balancing 200 feet below at the end of the crane.

Other rescuers formed a system of pulley to the top of the hill and drew little which was also fixed at a stretcher to the top of the hill and of an ambulance of waiting.

Mueller and chief of crew of helicopter Tom Stephenson two known as it was rare so that the firemen learn the results from the people whom they save.

It returns you to it good feeling Stephenson indicated.

Little indicated that it obtained to see his perpetual friend in hospital before it died and reed says that it was WELL. The reed could not speak but little indicated that a direction of relief seemed to come more its face.

It was as it more was worried about me itself. It was Harold not very known as.