AT THE OPERATION CENTRE, the lawmen were alerted to the beacon. Within minutes, rescue helicopters were airborne. The Feebies couldn’t be sure that the beacon signal was really from Andy and Banjo, so had to stay put until words get back to them either way.
Moore and Sandoval offered to go, ‘Just in case.’
When paramedics arrived at the scene, Andy was covered in a filthy blanket, lying side by side with Banjo. Neither was moving. It scared the living daylights out of every rescue worker until Banjo opened his eyes briefly before closing them again. Just keeping them open proved to be a Herculean effort.
They were stabilised, raced to the choppers and flown straight to the hospital.
Moore and Sandoval went over to check on Henry.
‘He’s got a pulse, too,’ Moore said, much to their disa
