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Andi appreciated the rhythm that Miranda set at the crash site. It had the same feel as her masterful reports.
It also let Andi not have to look at the crash.
The bodies of Morales and Christianson had been removed in the night, but otherwise General Thomas had followed Miranda’s request and kept the site completely isolated. Their arrival in the general’s UH-1N Huey helicopter had woken two very grumpy security guards, snoozing in their Chevy Suburban.
The area had a stark clarity in the dawn light. The brick-brown rock rose in steep and jagged thrusts above the sand-patched desert. The grit was coarse and crunched beneath her boots.
Even purposely not looking at the crash, it was impossible to ignore the pillar of rock that rose above it like a ten-story tombstone. Soot marks fro
