Moran comes in early, goes through all the community papers, works on his column, delivers some of the papers in the downtown area, and usually leaves the office after lunch.
When the car stopped, the police made their move, only to find that the men, in their 20’s, were just fooling around--with a plastic gun. No charges were filed.
Every helicopter that could be found was used in the rescue effort. They would pluck people from the mud and dangle them from ropes 80 feet in the air before setting them down on makeshift landing pads. This boy was pulled from the muck and taken to…