CHAPTER 22
The mobile radios blared louder than ever
carrying news from state police Helicopter One. A man was spotted
riding a Harley chopper down an old logging road leading away from
Jackson Morgan’s hunting cabin. They were in pursuit. A second
helicopter joined the chase and several riders on all-terrain
vehicles, other riders on horseback, closed in. Sheriff Homestack
held three portable radios alternately listening and talking into
each one.
From his command post miles away, he
orchestrated the high-speed chase through woods he could not see.
He was adept at his job, able to juggle several conversations at
once. When he spoke, the sentences were short, direct, and easy to
understand. A mix-up, a misunderstanding, could be disastrous.
Grazing the treetops, the helicopte
