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Mike and Elayne were having problems reaching the voice and data black boxes through the tangle of wreckage, so Holly sent Jeremy to help.
With the three of them safely occupied back at the tail, Holly clambered out of the wreck and hurried forward to where the crew section lay on the runway.
The smashed-out windshield was at eye level. She arrived just in time to see Miranda and Major Swift moving out of the cockpit toward the plane’s crew quarters. His hand on the small of her back as if guiding or steadying her.
Holly knew from experience that Miranda was very surefooted and didn’t need either. But Swift was doing it anyway.
She found a spot clear of glass and vaulted up into the cockpit.
Landing with her back on both the circuit breaker panel and the sharp knobs of the radios,
