As Ian parked in the staff parking lot, Chrissie spotted the Coast Guard’s Sikorsky Jayhawk lowering toward the roof. At that point, they separated. Chrissie ran full-tilt toward the locker room where she kept her flight suit.
The next few hours gave her no time to think about everything Ian had said. As soon as the Coast Guard helo had cleared off, Dan Stone arrived in the Mediguard helicopter. Their patient turned out to be Ralphie Reed, one of the deckhands on the Desperado.
DesperadoHe’d slipped on the icy deck and impaled himself through the shoulder with a fishing gaff. He was in severe pain but perfectly conscious. The surgeon in Anchorage was standing by.
Dan took the controls while Chrissie tended to their patient. Without her even having to ask, he launched into the story of w
