Rescue Special Ops (2009) s03e16 Episode Script
Storm Chaser
Zoe.
Hi! What are you doing here? Well, I was gonna call first, but I just thought Now is actually not a great time for me.
Sure.
No problem.
I'll You know what? That actually is that's a bit of a problem, because I like you, and I want something more.
BO Y: Mum, is there much more to get? How much more do you want? (SIREN WAILS) Down there.
Hold onto your hat.
It's a wild one.
What? Your hat.
(LAUGHS) Whoa! Told ya.
Very funny.
It's too far to winch.
I'll get the harness! No! There's no time! We need to anchor the car.
The only thing holding it from going over is the engine weight.
On it.
MAN: Yo! In here! Hey, I'm Jordan.
I'm from Rescue.
What's your name? Ed.
I'm gonna try to get you out, but I need you to stay calm and still.
Do you have any pain anywhere? No.
All good.
You always carry a video camera in your hand when you drive, or is it just a special occasion? Today's special, alright.
We're looking at a major synoptic event.
When that low hits the coast, the sky's gonna explode! You're a storm chaser? Stay still! Don't move! My computer's in the back there.
Three years' worth of data on it.
My thesis.
Hey, Ed, listen to me.
Stay still, mate.
No Ed, no thesis, yeah? Rescue 5 Portable to Rescue Base.
We're at the car, but it's gonna be tricky.
(HEIDI'S VOICE CUTS OUT) Rescue Base, what's that? You're breaking up.
(WIND HOWLS) Rescue 5 Portable.
I can't hear you over the wind.
How far away are the others? Over.
Rescue Base to all units.
What are your locations? This is Rescue 1.
We are 5 k's in from the highway.
Over.
Rescue 2.
We're two behind them.
Copy that.
Quick as you can, guys.
Heidi and Jordan need backup.
VINCE: As soon as we get off Lachie's shortcut, we'll be there in no time.
Rescue 2, out.
Deadset, who taught you to drive? Vincent, you insisted on coming.
I told you I don't need a babysitter, mate.
Who's babysitting? I'm just trying to enjoy a day in the field.
And it's Vince.
(THUD!) Yeah.
Rescue 2 to Rescue 1.
Deano, your brother's a hoon.
That'd be from all the women he's had to run away from.
Rescue 1, out.
Learnt from the best.
What? Well, you find out Zoe's got a kid and you run a million miles.
I'm not running.
I'm I'm just stepping back.
I'm assessing my options.
Good.
Great.
"Good" what? Well, good that Zoe knows sooner rather than later.
Knows what?! You're not gonna commit.
Who says I won't commit? (CHUCKLES) Then prove us wrong.
(SIGHS) (WIND HOWLS) Stay still! Don't move! Careful.
Heidi! Heidi, get another line and I'll see if I can get it out the back.
Shit! Hurry up, man! It's coming! Hurry up.
It's coming! Mate, I need you to stay still, OK? Just stay cool.
No, man! The doors are crushed.
I'll get you out another way.
Rescue Base to Rescue 5 - how are you looking? Rescue 5 Portable.
Michelle, I can't hear anything! (WIND ROARS) (STATIC CRACKLES) Whoa! What is that? (THUNDER CRASHES) SONG: # Mmm, mmm, mmm # Real dark and dirty # Gonna get a little dirty, yeah # I'm gonna get a little # Dirty, yeah # Gonna get a little dirty.
# JORDAN: Still, Ed! I need you to stay still.
My laptop! Hey, no laptop! (WIND HOWLS) Jordan! (SHOUTS) Jordan! Rescue Base to Rescue 5 Portable.
Heidi, can you hear me? (STATIC WHINES AND CRACKLES) Rescue 2.
Vince, I've lost contact with Heidi.
What's your position? (STATIC CRACKLES) Rescue Supervisor to all units, please respond.
Rescue 5 Portable to all units, we need backup immediately! Do you copy?! All units! HEIDI: Are you OK? You scared the shit out of me! I've got a few lives left in me yet.
Rescue 2 to Rescue Base.
Michelle, do you copy? Rescue 2 to Rescue 1.
How's your radio? LARA: Yeah, Vince, reading you loud and clear.
But we haven't heard from Michelle or Heidi and Jordan since that wind came through.
Yeah.
No phone reception either, Vince.
DEAN: Looks like they've been hit by one hell of a storm.
Over.
Must have taken out the towers.
Do we know Heidi and Jordan's last position? They were on the Snapper Point Road, 2 k's from the caravan park.
Next turn left.
Nah.
GPS says straight ahead.
Lachie, here.
Here! Left.
Coming up to the caravan park now.
Rescue 1 to Rescue 2.
Vince, we have a major incident here.
Get to Heidi and Jordan and back to us as soon as possible.
Over.
VINCE: Copy that, Deano.
Rescue 2, out.
Alright, step on it.
Come on, slowcoach.
Rightio.
OK, bloody, stay still, will ya? Dude, all my work's about to go over the edge of a cliff.
The three of us are gonna go over the cliff! Get him out of there! Jordan! I need you to loop this around ya.
Over the head.
You right? Alright, nice and easy.
Mate, forget the camera! Take this thing.
Bugger this! Come on! (METAL CRUNCHES) Next time, back it up! Truck's up there! OK, cool! MICHELLE: I've got three units out there.
I can't reach any of them.
Well, how long will it take to fix? (SCOFFS) Oh, what? The GPS said it was straight ahead.
Mate, it's what I say that matters, not that thing.
Turn around.
Look, Vinnie, it's another 50 metres of bush-bashing.
Then we're on clear, straight road.
Turn around! What are you doing? Combat zone approach, mate.
It's not a tank.
Just trust me.
(ENGINE REVS) So, what now? We wait for air support? OK, let me have a look.
Let me have a look.
LARA: I'm gonna introduce you to Dean.
He's our unit leader, OK? Dean, this is Carol.
She runs the park.
OK.
Take over here.
Alright, Carol, have you got a list of all your guests here? Well, everything's on computers.
They're ruined.
The power's down and the phones are off.
That's OK.
That's alright.
Listen, take my notepad and write down everyone you can remember.
Yeah.
OK.
We're gonna have to search every single site.
Chase, I need all the Hartmann's and trauma pads from the Patrols, and grab space blankets and ration kits.
Lara, let me know when you're done.
We need to get on with the search.
Yeah.
Righto.
Rescue 1 to Rescue 6.
Vince, I've got walking wounded everywhere here.
I need ambulances to move these people out.
Rescue 2.
Deano, I'm no miracle worker.
We've got powerlines and trees coming down all over the place.
Even if I could get through on the radio, how is anyone gonna get in? (SIGHS) We're on our own.
Uh, I gotta go.
Over.
Alright, are we completely stuffed? Yes, we are.
Get the winch.
(SIGHS) I'm drivin'.
Oh, come on, Vince I'm drivin'.
Don't they have puddles in Afghanistan? That's just nasty, mate.
She was in the shower block.
The glass blew in.
It's just a few scratches.
You could have glass fragments in there.
Let's take you to the triage, have a proper look.
LARA: OK.
We left two weeks ago.
Sold up.
Bought the RV.
Told the kids we'd be back in a year.
WOMAN: (MUFFLED) Help! Help me! Can you wait here for me? I'll be right back.
Hello? Over here.
Hello?! WOMAN: Help.
(WOMAN GROANS) Rescue 2 Portable to Team Leader.
I've got someone trapped here, Dean.
I need your help.
Copy that, Lara.
On my way.
Hello?! This is Rescue.
Can you hear me? WOMAN: Please don't leave me.
I'm here.
We've found you.
What have we got? She's trapped somewhere in here.
Help me.
Have you got this covered? DEAN: Yep.
We got it.
I'll take the couple back to the triage.
Hello! This is Dean from Rescue.
What's your name? WOMAN: Annie.
CHASE: Do you see anything? No.
We need to stabilise this before we get in there.
Alright, Annie! Listen, we're gonna get you out of there, OK? But if you get scared or if anything moves, I want you to shout out for us to stop.
Annie, can you hear me? (WOMAN CRIES AND MUTTERS) I missed that.
Did you get that? No.
Annie, we missed that.
What did you say? My baby.
My baby.
Did she say 'baby'? Annie, do you have a baby in there with you? WOMAN: (CRIES) Please, help me.
Air shores, wraps.
Go, go.
And look at this.
Watch the bottom right of the screen.
It comes across the waves and boom! We have contact.
You serious? That's a tornado? Yeah.
I've been waiting for one of these babies all of my life.
I thought they only happened in America.
If the updraft and the wind shear are right, they can happen anywhere.
I was tracking wind patterns around here today.
That's how I ran off the road.
We've got no service.
I'll need a heads-up on where it's going.
I'd like to know what happened to our backup.
What, still no radio contact? Aerial's stuffed.
The wind speed up here must have topped 200 an hour.
Hey, what do you say we go and catch some thunder? You want us to take you storm chasing? Mate, I've been studying extreme weather conditions for years.
It's not often you get atmospheric instability like this.
LACHIE: Vincey! Easy.
Knocking out the boss is not a good career move, and it's Vince - Vince.
Nice of you two to join us.
How are you two? Alright? Yeah.
Jordan got blown off a cliff.
Eh? You know, the usual tricks.
You OK? I'm good.
We thought you'd nicked off for a quickie.
Vince! Who's your passenger? Oh, that's Ed.
Ed's a storm chaser, flipped his car, reckons it was a twister.
Believe it too.
Made a mess at the caravan park.
LACHIE: Just annihilated it.
HEIDI: Oi! Hey! Ed! Must be important.
He left his bloody gear behind.
Vince is with Heidi and Jordan.
They're coming here now.
Good.
I could use the extra hands.
Still doin' OK in there, Annie? I'll go grab the gear.
DEAN: Annie?! Alright, I'm coming in! Grab me some rope and an Oxy-Viva.
Shouldn't you wait till it's properly stabilised? The rest of the air shores are packed in the truck.
You want to explain that to Annie? OK.
You good? CHASE: Yep.
OK.
Take it slow.
Ed? No.
It's Dean.
Oh.
So, who's Ed? ED: (SHOUTS) Annie! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't Get outta there! You'll bring it down! It's my van.
I need to see if she's OK.
She's inside, OK? One of our guys is inside with her.
ANNIE: Please help me.
Let me get in there! DEAN: Stop shaking the caravan! LARA: Ed, you gotta stay back.
It's not stabilised.
I assume that's Ed, huh? Yeah.
Rescue 1 Portable to Rescue 4 Portable.
Chase, get him outta here! CHASE: Yeah, I'm trying! I need to see if she's OK.
She's pregnant.
Dean, did you hear that? Loud and clear.
OK.
When are you due? Four weeks.
This your first? She's not moving.
That's OK.
That's OK.
I think the surfboard was taking most of the weight.
We've got a baby monitor, so we can check the foetal heart rate, OK? (PANTS) This is Rescue 1 Portable.
I need a baby monitor in here.
Over.
LARA: Copy that, Dean.
Alright, let's have a look here.
OK.
I'm just gonna get this on you here.
OK.
Just lift your head up a little bit for me.
There we go.
OK.
I want you to sit tight.
I'll be back in a sec.
(GASPS AND GROANS) Lachie, get Ed to triage.
Check out the other people.
Heidi, Jordan, grab air shores and packing.
Let's stabilise this thing.
No.
I'm staying here.
HEIDI: It's too dangerous, Ed.
Ed? Ed, she's in safe hands, mate, OK? Do me a favour.
My boss is watching.
Come on.
Good man, good man.
That's it.
We got a problem.
She's caught underneath the caravan.
Her left leg is almost completely severed.
Right.
So, she'll bleed out if we move her.
Yeah.
I don't know how you're gonna do it, Vince, but we need an ambulance.
We can't move her until we have plenty of blood here.
MICHELLE: Yeah, look, I've had no phone or radio contact since the storm hit.
I tracked their vehicles using GPS.
WOMAN: (ON TV) A tornado tore through this morning, causing widespread damage along the Central Coast.
Ranked F3, the tornado is the strongest to hit this close to Sydney.
Yeah, I appreciate Dispatch are busy.
I'm just asking to send one truck.
They were in the direct path of the tornado! You you're not listening to me.
If everything was alright, they'd be on their way home now.
That's what I'm saying to you.
Don't you hang up on me, you She didn't want to come away.
Said it was too close to the due date.
Why didn't I listen? You couldn't predict that, mate.
Come on.
Come on.
That's the way.
I came here to study storms.
I know what they can do.
Just never thought it would happen to me.
Ed, it's gonna be OK, mate.
Alright? OK.
You got a little fighter.
180.
That's perfect.
Uh, when can I get out? It's, uh (SIGHS) it's not as simple as we hoped, Annie.
The caravan is crushing your legs.
Now, when we lift it up, you're gonna lose a lot of blood.
My baby Your baby's fine.
Your baby's fine.
We're not gonna do anything until the ambulance arrives, yeah? Denise? Hey, are you alright? I've lost Pat.
That's OK.
I'm sure he's around here somewhere.
Hey, let's go back to the triage, OK? I'll look at your cuts.
Cuts? Yeah.
The ones on your legs.
Can you tell me who's in charge here? I'm the park manager.
I need the police here right now.
Uh, what's going on? Well, someone's stolen my petty cash box, for a start! Can you call the cops? Well, I'm sorry.
The storm took out our radios.
You'll have to talk to the cops when they arrive.
I've got people to tend to.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) How much longer? I wish I knew.
(GROANS) What's happening, Annie? What's happening? It's my back.
It's so tight.
OK.
Alright.
Uh I'll be back in a minute, alright? Nice big, deep breaths.
VINCE: Word of warning.
There are looters about.
Keep an eye on your phones and wallets.
CHASE: Who would do that? Tell me you've got an ambulance, Vince.
We need lots of blood.
What do you want me to do, Deano? Communication's down Vince, she's having contractions.
If that baby decides to come out, we're gonna have to lift the caravan.
She'll bleed out.
You can't deliver in situ? Not enough room.
The caravan's too high up on her legs.
The baby won't be able to come out.
It'll die from lack of oxygen.
Keep her calm.
I'll find help somehow.
Until then, we're all she's got.
MAN: (ON PHONE) The Commander shares your concern, Ms LeTourneau, but he's very busy right now.
I don't care if he's meeting the bloody Queen.
Put him on.
Please hold.
WOMAN: (ON TV) the strongest to hit this close to Sydney.
Experts estimate the damage caused will be in the millions of dollars.
Of more concern, at this stage, is the real possibility COMMANDER: Michelle, I'm in the middle of briefing the Minister.
Well, are you gonna tell her that you're abandoning seven highly-skilled paramedics or am I? You blackmailing me? I'm holding you to account.
Sir? OK.
Two trucks, as soon as the roads are clear.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Take the Patrol.
Hotfoot it to the freeway.
Try and get a phone or radio signal.
Use smoke signals if you have to.
We need an ambulance.
Is it Annie? No, she's fine.
Um, she's having contractions.
The baby's coming? No, no.
It's too early.
It's just started, Dean's monitoring her, but it's no time to hand the cigars around yet.
(SOFTLY) Mate, I could be hours, especially if the roads are blocked.
We don't have radio contact.
Unless you've got a better idea, get movin'.
Ed, mate, you've got a sat dish in your caravan, yeah? I use it to connect to the internet.
OK.
If we get that working, find the cables, we can Skype Michelle.
Of course.
That's brilliant.
That's a lot of 'if's, MacGyver.
Just trust me.
I know what I'm doing, OK? Righto.
(GROANS) Doing good, Annie.
Doing good.
That's it.
A few more seconds.
It'll pass.
(PANTS) That's it.
(PANTS) What if the baby comes? (SIGHS) The contractions are still seven minutes apart.
We've got plenty of time.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) Yeah.
That's it.
LACHIE: Should be a couple of small boxes and cables like this.
My battery's dead.
I'll need power.
Vince, can you get the generator? Is this it? Yeah, nice.
Perfect.
I didn't plan for this.
Well, life's like that.
Just when you think things are going great it throws you a curly one.
I meant the pregnancy.
Everything.
I wouldn't have kept it.
Ed was just so excited.
He said he'd take care of us.
He's been awesome.
Well It's his kid too.
Oh, right.
Does he know? He's just so in love with the idea of being a dad.
I couldn't take that away from him.
HEIDI: Got it! Whoa! We need that dish in one piece.
Easy, mate.
Just relax, mate.
It'll be good.
This should do it.
You got it? Yeah.
LACHIE: In the back here.
OK.
That's the go.
I'll just connect these two up and we should be in business.
I'm gonna go check on Dean.
Tell Annie I love her.
LACHIE: Get this connected up And when he's in a storm, it's like nothing else matters.
He's so passionate about what he does.
I love him for that.
But I just got so sick of being alone.
Hey, hey.
Come on, come on.
You need to try to save your energy.
Are you a dad? (SIGHS) Uh (SIGHS) I thought I was, once.
There was a DNA test.
It wasn't mine.
But you wanted to know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think being a dad (SIGHS) that's a pretty big deal.
I should have told him.
When you get through this, you can.
But what if he leaves? (SIGHS) Look, all I know, Annie, is things have a way of coming out, eventually.
I think it's better to be upfront.
(GROANS LOUDLY) There's another one, yeah? Ohhh! Oh! They're getting stronger.
OK.
Alright.
Big, deep breaths.
Big, deep breaths.
VINCE: One, two, three.
OK, that's done.
When Annie said she was pregnant, I was like, "Whoa.
"I am not ready for this.
" I'll bet.
But I I haven't stopped thinking about it.
I mean, I'm not just Ed Walker, storm chaser.
Man I'm gonna be a dad.
I-I just can't wait to hold that tiny little life in my arms, you know? Mm-hm.
Mate, let's crank this up and get the ambulance here, eh? Let her rip, Vinnie.
(GENERATOR WHIRRS) VINCE: Righto.
Ready to roll.
And it's not 'Vinnie'.
Try 34 degrees.
What's the problem? We need to hook up to a geostationary satellite.
Uh, right.
Of course we do.
Bingo! What, it's working? LACHIE: You sound surprised, mate.
Just relieved, mate.
Crap.
This is not good.
This is not good.
These two fronts are on a collision course.
If they join up, they're gonna form a supercell.
Which means? Big winds, thunder, lightning.
Possibly another tornado.
And it's heading straight for us.
How long have we got before that? 40 minutes, tops.
Get Michelle on that thing now.
OK.
Vince, where are you? Is everyone OK? We're all good.
Just listen.
I don't know how long this connection will last.
We're at Wellen Creek Caravan Park.
We've got a woman in labour, with life-threatening injuries.
We need bloods, and lots of 'em.
No-one said Annie was hurt.
Right.
Well, I've got an ambulance and SES truck coming from Wyong.
I'll give them your exact location.
Well, tell 'em to floor it.
It's calm now but there's another storm coming and it'll make the last one look like a summer breeze.
Wind's picking up out here! Hey, how's it going in here? LACHIE: She's inside there, mate.
Annie! Easy, easy, easy.
That's it, mate.
Jesus.
(ANNIE GASPS) Bloody hell.
DEAN: Come on, mate.
Just calm down.
OK, Ed, just take it easy, alright? (PANTS) My legs - they're not good.
I could lose them.
Hey, we'll deal with it.
Yeah? (BREATHES DEEPLY) The baby? As far as we can tell, everything's good.
Hey, that's something, at least.
Dean, there's another storm cell coming.
We gotta get this going.
Alright, Lara - trauma pads and tourniquets, and let's get the rest of this mess cleared up! I did something awful.
Annie, you don't have to do this now.
What? Do what? Last summer, when you were in Queensland, I was with someone.
What are you talking about? Um, the baby - it's not it's not You're lying.
I'm sorry.
Deano, ambulance is 20 minutes away! DEAN: We need to be ready for extraction.
I'm sorry No, please, don't (WEEPS) Please VINCE: Lachie, get out here, help Jordan with the airbags.
Let's go.
Come on, Annie.
Come on.
We're gonna get you through this.
Ed?! Ed! Ed! Ed! Uh, sir, you need to move over to the safe zone with my people.
I can't find my wife.
OK.
Well, look, that storm's about to pay us another visit.
You don't understand.
She might be there.
She's got Alzheimer's.
OK.
You got any idea where she is? I've checked the van, the bathrooms.
Alright, well, I'll try and find her.
If you can move over there.
I'll find her.
Thank you.
Rescue Portable 6 to Rescue Portable 1.
Deano, I need a hand.
Who can you spare? HEIDI: Where is he going? He's driving into the eye of the storm.
He's over there.
I'll grab the truck and follow you back.
We have to leave him.
We've got to get back to Annie.
He just found out the kid isn't his.
I won't scrape him off the bottom of a cliff.
But they need us at the caravan park.
Go.
We'll meet you back there.
It's too dangerous.
I'm stayin'.
Righto.
Well, be careful.
Ed, Ed, come on, mate.
Come on, mate.
Hang in there, Annie.
The ambulance is coming.
MICHELLE: (ON RADIO) Rescue Base to all units, do you copy? Rescue Team Leader.
Michelle, good to hear your voice.
(SHOUTS) Radio's back up! Good to hear you too, Dean.
How is everyone? Still waiting on that ambulance you promised.
Yeah, 15 minutes is the ETA.
There's just too much debris on the road.
What's the situation? Michelle, we have to move Annie before this new storm front hits us.
Dean, the baby's heart rate's dropped.
(GROANS) Oh, I just peed myself.
Hey, that's OK.
That's OK.
Waters? Yep.
Hate to say it, but I think this baby's coming now.
Tourniquets are on.
Rescue Team Leader to Rescue Base.
Michelle, you still with us? MICHELLE: Yeah.
Affirmative, Dean.
Look, I may need your help.
We're gonna deliver this baby now.
You can't wait until the ambos get there? I don't think this baby's gonna wait.
Over.
Alright.
Whatever you need.
Just try to hang on a little longer for me, Annie.
I don't know if I can.
Jump in.
(THUNDER CRASHES) This is Mother Nature at its best.
I used to think that there was nothing better than this.
Then I found out I was gonna be a dad.
Ed, you still can be a dad.
Annie made a mistake but she loves you.
Come on.
VINCE: (SHOUTS) Denise! I thought there was something strange about that lady.
Why didn't you say something before? I didn't think you'd listen, Vinnie.
I'm listening now.
What's so strange about her? She seemed to like Fantales.
You don't much like me, do you, Vince? Don't take it personally.
There's a lot of things I don't like.
You always this grumpy? I'm not grumpy! Yeah, right.
I've heard male menopause can screw with your moods.
(LAUGHS) See, there you go.
Laughing one minute, bitching the next.
You're all over the place.
Oi.
Over this way, mate.
OK, as soon as you lift the caravan, I want you to tell me how much the cervix has dilated.
Will do.
Stand by.
(ANNIE PANTS) DEAN: Alright.
Annie, hey, we need to deliver this baby.
(GASPS) What? Look, your baby is in distress.
It needs to come out.
I don't want to die.
We'll do everything we can.
Denise? We're from Rescue.
We've come here to help.
We're having tea.
Would you like some chocolate cake? But only if you're good.
Might need some help getting her down.
DENISE: Ooh! VINCE: Let's get you down here, eh? Come on.
Ooh, ooh.
We've got a sore arm, Teddy.
Let's get you out of here, eh? And we'll fix that up.
Vince, look what I found.
They're ours.
Yeah.
There's a camera down here, cash tin, all sorts of goodies.
We've found the looter.
Hey, good timing.
Pass the airbag.
HEIDI: Ready to inflate.
Good to go.
CHASE: Dean, we're ready to lift.
Ed? Sorry, no.
Annie, the next time you feel like pushing, we're gonna lift the caravan, OK? You just let me know.
Ah! Oh! She's coming now! (ANNIE CRIES) Raise the caravan now! LARA: Prepare to lift.
Lift.
(ANNIE SCREAMS) DEAN: Come on.
Out.
LARA: OK, lift, lift.
Get her around.
CHASE: Right, right.
Come on.
Trauma pads.
LARA: Got it.
Yep.
Got 'em.
Got 'em.
OK.
Cervix is fully dilated.
OK, Annie, can you hear me? Yeah.
DEAN: She can hear you, Michelle.
She can hear you.
Annie, I want you to concentrate on your breathing.
It's gonna help you with your delivery.
ANNIE: I'm scared.
You're allowed to be.
OK, now, I want you to breathe in to the count of three, and out to the count of four.
Nice deep breaths.
Can you do that for me, Annie? Yes.
Alright, breathe in, two, three.
And out, two, three, four.
DEAN: She's got it, Michelle.
She's got it.
MICHELLE: Good, Annie, good.
When you feel a contraction, I want you to push as hard as you can.
OK.
Alright? And don't stop your breathing.
OK, are we right here? Yep.
I'm here.
ED: I'm right here.
Whenever you're ready, Annie.
She was in the playground.
What are you doing? I was looking for Suzie.
Who's Suzie? Our 40-year-old daughter.
I I've ruined the holiday.
It's not it's not your fault.
We found your camera, and, uh, Carol's cash box too, amongst other stuff.
We waited nearly all our married lives to do this trip.
Now we've run out of time.
I'll stay with her.
You go and help with the caravan.
DEAN: One more push, Annie.
One more push.
ANNIE: I can't.
Yes, you can.
Come on.
Yes, you can! (BREATHES HEAVILY) That's it.
Come on, come on.
That's it.
That's it.
That's it.
(CRIES) CHASE: Jordan, Heidi! ED: You did it.
CHASE: The baby's delivered, Michelle.
It's a girl.
How is she? Alright, checking now.
Stand by.
DEAN: Heidi, Lara, push through those fluids.
ANNIE: Is she OK? ED: What's happening? Is she OK? LARA: We're gonna roll you on your side, Annie.
OK? Prepare to roll.
Roll.
HEIDI: In there.
LARA: Right down, Jordan.
All the way down.
Rolling back.
Roll.
Can I hold her, please? Soon, OK? Soon.
Apgar score of five.
OK.
Michelle, the baby's not breathing.
We think there's fluid in the lungs.
Right.
Get some suction in there.
Yeah.
Onto it.
Come on.
JORDAN: How is she? Not good.
JORDAN: We've got her covered, though, right? Please don't let this happen.
Please.
Come on, little one.
Come on, come on, come on.
(BABY CRIES) That's it.
That's it.
CHASE: Do you hear that, Michelle? DEAN: Let everyone know you've arrived.
(BABY CRIES) (CHUCKLES) LARA: Prepare to lift.
Lift.
LARA: Got it? JORDAN: You got her, Chasey? Right.
OK, bring her round.
Prepare to lower.
Lower.
Hey.
Here's your mummy.
Oh, she's beautiful.
I wanted her to be yours.
JORDAN: Let's move.
Go.
LARA: Prepare to lift.
Lift.
JORDAN: And ready.
LARA: This is Annie Griffin.
She's 26.
She's got partial amputation.
You wanna hold her? Here.
Watch the head, yep.
That's it.
(RAPID BEEPING) Prepare to lower.
Lower.
She's in cardiac arrest.
What's happening? (RAPID BEEPING) LARA: She's asystole.
DEAN: Four, five, six, seven.
LACHIE: Come on, Annie.
(BABY CRIES) Four, five, six, seven, eight LACHIE: Come on.
Go.
Go.
Go.
(HEART MONITOR FLATLINES) Still no output? Come on.
(HEART MONITOR CONTINUES FLATLINING) It's been 20 minutes, Dean.
Patient deceased after following asystole protocol.
Time of death - 5:45pm.
(BABY CRIES) DEAN: Sorry, Ed.
We did everything we could.
(CRIES SOFTLY) You look like your mum.
You look just like her.
We did everything we could.
I guess so.
Cops have spoken to Annie's parents.
They're gonna take temporary care of the baby.
They're on their way to the hospital now.
What about Ed? Right now, he says he wants to be there for the kid.
But in the cold light of day, who knows? Mm.
Vince told Michelle you didn't completely stuff up.
Mm.
Guess you're officially part of the team.
Cheers.
Yeah.
Right.
You OK? Yeah, I'm sweet.
It's just that woman, Annie.
To die after all that, you know? Bitch of a job, eh? It can be.
I'm thirsty.
Newbie's shout, right? Back in a sec.
(DIALS) Zoe, it's Dean.
SONG: # See them crawlin' # Their faces on the ground # My heart keeps jumpin' # I want to stay around # Now they can't hear me # I ain't too young to die # But before I let you take me # You gotta look me in the eyes # I'm gonna get a little dirty # I'm gonna get a little dirty # I'm gonna get a little dirty, yeah # I'm gonna get a little dirty, yeah # I'm gonna get a little dirty.
#
Hi! What are you doing here? Well, I was gonna call first, but I just thought Now is actually not a great time for me.
Sure.
No problem.
I'll You know what? That actually is that's a bit of a problem, because I like you, and I want something more.
BO Y: Mum, is there much more to get? How much more do you want? (SIREN WAILS) Down there.
Hold onto your hat.
It's a wild one.
What? Your hat.
(LAUGHS) Whoa! Told ya.
Very funny.
It's too far to winch.
I'll get the harness! No! There's no time! We need to anchor the car.
The only thing holding it from going over is the engine weight.
On it.
MAN: Yo! In here! Hey, I'm Jordan.
I'm from Rescue.
What's your name? Ed.
I'm gonna try to get you out, but I need you to stay calm and still.
Do you have any pain anywhere? No.
All good.
You always carry a video camera in your hand when you drive, or is it just a special occasion? Today's special, alright.
We're looking at a major synoptic event.
When that low hits the coast, the sky's gonna explode! You're a storm chaser? Stay still! Don't move! My computer's in the back there.
Three years' worth of data on it.
My thesis.
Hey, Ed, listen to me.
Stay still, mate.
No Ed, no thesis, yeah? Rescue 5 Portable to Rescue Base.
We're at the car, but it's gonna be tricky.
(HEIDI'S VOICE CUTS OUT) Rescue Base, what's that? You're breaking up.
(WIND HOWLS) Rescue 5 Portable.
I can't hear you over the wind.
How far away are the others? Over.
Rescue Base to all units.
What are your locations? This is Rescue 1.
We are 5 k's in from the highway.
Over.
Rescue 2.
We're two behind them.
Copy that.
Quick as you can, guys.
Heidi and Jordan need backup.
VINCE: As soon as we get off Lachie's shortcut, we'll be there in no time.
Rescue 2, out.
Deadset, who taught you to drive? Vincent, you insisted on coming.
I told you I don't need a babysitter, mate.
Who's babysitting? I'm just trying to enjoy a day in the field.
And it's Vince.
(THUD!) Yeah.
Rescue 2 to Rescue 1.
Deano, your brother's a hoon.
That'd be from all the women he's had to run away from.
Rescue 1, out.
Learnt from the best.
What? Well, you find out Zoe's got a kid and you run a million miles.
I'm not running.
I'm I'm just stepping back.
I'm assessing my options.
Good.
Great.
"Good" what? Well, good that Zoe knows sooner rather than later.
Knows what?! You're not gonna commit.
Who says I won't commit? (CHUCKLES) Then prove us wrong.
(SIGHS) (WIND HOWLS) Stay still! Don't move! Careful.
Heidi! Heidi, get another line and I'll see if I can get it out the back.
Shit! Hurry up, man! It's coming! Hurry up.
It's coming! Mate, I need you to stay still, OK? Just stay cool.
No, man! The doors are crushed.
I'll get you out another way.
Rescue Base to Rescue 5 - how are you looking? Rescue 5 Portable.
Michelle, I can't hear anything! (WIND ROARS) (STATIC CRACKLES) Whoa! What is that? (THUNDER CRASHES) SONG: # Mmm, mmm, mmm # Real dark and dirty # Gonna get a little dirty, yeah # I'm gonna get a little # Dirty, yeah # Gonna get a little dirty.
# JORDAN: Still, Ed! I need you to stay still.
My laptop! Hey, no laptop! (WIND HOWLS) Jordan! (SHOUTS) Jordan! Rescue Base to Rescue 5 Portable.
Heidi, can you hear me? (STATIC WHINES AND CRACKLES) Rescue 2.
Vince, I've lost contact with Heidi.
What's your position? (STATIC CRACKLES) Rescue Supervisor to all units, please respond.
Rescue 5 Portable to all units, we need backup immediately! Do you copy?! All units! HEIDI: Are you OK? You scared the shit out of me! I've got a few lives left in me yet.
Rescue 2 to Rescue Base.
Michelle, do you copy? Rescue 2 to Rescue 1.
How's your radio? LARA: Yeah, Vince, reading you loud and clear.
But we haven't heard from Michelle or Heidi and Jordan since that wind came through.
Yeah.
No phone reception either, Vince.
DEAN: Looks like they've been hit by one hell of a storm.
Over.
Must have taken out the towers.
Do we know Heidi and Jordan's last position? They were on the Snapper Point Road, 2 k's from the caravan park.
Next turn left.
Nah.
GPS says straight ahead.
Lachie, here.
Here! Left.
Coming up to the caravan park now.
Rescue 1 to Rescue 2.
Vince, we have a major incident here.
Get to Heidi and Jordan and back to us as soon as possible.
Over.
VINCE: Copy that, Deano.
Rescue 2, out.
Alright, step on it.
Come on, slowcoach.
Rightio.
OK, bloody, stay still, will ya? Dude, all my work's about to go over the edge of a cliff.
The three of us are gonna go over the cliff! Get him out of there! Jordan! I need you to loop this around ya.
Over the head.
You right? Alright, nice and easy.
Mate, forget the camera! Take this thing.
Bugger this! Come on! (METAL CRUNCHES) Next time, back it up! Truck's up there! OK, cool! MICHELLE: I've got three units out there.
I can't reach any of them.
Well, how long will it take to fix? (SCOFFS) Oh, what? The GPS said it was straight ahead.
Mate, it's what I say that matters, not that thing.
Turn around.
Look, Vinnie, it's another 50 metres of bush-bashing.
Then we're on clear, straight road.
Turn around! What are you doing? Combat zone approach, mate.
It's not a tank.
Just trust me.
(ENGINE REVS) So, what now? We wait for air support? OK, let me have a look.
Let me have a look.
LARA: I'm gonna introduce you to Dean.
He's our unit leader, OK? Dean, this is Carol.
She runs the park.
OK.
Take over here.
Alright, Carol, have you got a list of all your guests here? Well, everything's on computers.
They're ruined.
The power's down and the phones are off.
That's OK.
That's alright.
Listen, take my notepad and write down everyone you can remember.
Yeah.
OK.
We're gonna have to search every single site.
Chase, I need all the Hartmann's and trauma pads from the Patrols, and grab space blankets and ration kits.
Lara, let me know when you're done.
We need to get on with the search.
Yeah.
Righto.
Rescue 1 to Rescue 6.
Vince, I've got walking wounded everywhere here.
I need ambulances to move these people out.
Rescue 2.
Deano, I'm no miracle worker.
We've got powerlines and trees coming down all over the place.
Even if I could get through on the radio, how is anyone gonna get in? (SIGHS) We're on our own.
Uh, I gotta go.
Over.
Alright, are we completely stuffed? Yes, we are.
Get the winch.
(SIGHS) I'm drivin'.
Oh, come on, Vince I'm drivin'.
Don't they have puddles in Afghanistan? That's just nasty, mate.
She was in the shower block.
The glass blew in.
It's just a few scratches.
You could have glass fragments in there.
Let's take you to the triage, have a proper look.
LARA: OK.
We left two weeks ago.
Sold up.
Bought the RV.
Told the kids we'd be back in a year.
WOMAN: (MUFFLED) Help! Help me! Can you wait here for me? I'll be right back.
Hello? Over here.
Hello?! WOMAN: Help.
(WOMAN GROANS) Rescue 2 Portable to Team Leader.
I've got someone trapped here, Dean.
I need your help.
Copy that, Lara.
On my way.
Hello?! This is Rescue.
Can you hear me? WOMAN: Please don't leave me.
I'm here.
We've found you.
What have we got? She's trapped somewhere in here.
Help me.
Have you got this covered? DEAN: Yep.
We got it.
I'll take the couple back to the triage.
Hello! This is Dean from Rescue.
What's your name? WOMAN: Annie.
CHASE: Do you see anything? No.
We need to stabilise this before we get in there.
Alright, Annie! Listen, we're gonna get you out of there, OK? But if you get scared or if anything moves, I want you to shout out for us to stop.
Annie, can you hear me? (WOMAN CRIES AND MUTTERS) I missed that.
Did you get that? No.
Annie, we missed that.
What did you say? My baby.
My baby.
Did she say 'baby'? Annie, do you have a baby in there with you? WOMAN: (CRIES) Please, help me.
Air shores, wraps.
Go, go.
And look at this.
Watch the bottom right of the screen.
It comes across the waves and boom! We have contact.
You serious? That's a tornado? Yeah.
I've been waiting for one of these babies all of my life.
I thought they only happened in America.
If the updraft and the wind shear are right, they can happen anywhere.
I was tracking wind patterns around here today.
That's how I ran off the road.
We've got no service.
I'll need a heads-up on where it's going.
I'd like to know what happened to our backup.
What, still no radio contact? Aerial's stuffed.
The wind speed up here must have topped 200 an hour.
Hey, what do you say we go and catch some thunder? You want us to take you storm chasing? Mate, I've been studying extreme weather conditions for years.
It's not often you get atmospheric instability like this.
LACHIE: Vincey! Easy.
Knocking out the boss is not a good career move, and it's Vince - Vince.
Nice of you two to join us.
How are you two? Alright? Yeah.
Jordan got blown off a cliff.
Eh? You know, the usual tricks.
You OK? I'm good.
We thought you'd nicked off for a quickie.
Vince! Who's your passenger? Oh, that's Ed.
Ed's a storm chaser, flipped his car, reckons it was a twister.
Believe it too.
Made a mess at the caravan park.
LACHIE: Just annihilated it.
HEIDI: Oi! Hey! Ed! Must be important.
He left his bloody gear behind.
Vince is with Heidi and Jordan.
They're coming here now.
Good.
I could use the extra hands.
Still doin' OK in there, Annie? I'll go grab the gear.
DEAN: Annie?! Alright, I'm coming in! Grab me some rope and an Oxy-Viva.
Shouldn't you wait till it's properly stabilised? The rest of the air shores are packed in the truck.
You want to explain that to Annie? OK.
You good? CHASE: Yep.
OK.
Take it slow.
Ed? No.
It's Dean.
Oh.
So, who's Ed? ED: (SHOUTS) Annie! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't Get outta there! You'll bring it down! It's my van.
I need to see if she's OK.
She's inside, OK? One of our guys is inside with her.
ANNIE: Please help me.
Let me get in there! DEAN: Stop shaking the caravan! LARA: Ed, you gotta stay back.
It's not stabilised.
I assume that's Ed, huh? Yeah.
Rescue 1 Portable to Rescue 4 Portable.
Chase, get him outta here! CHASE: Yeah, I'm trying! I need to see if she's OK.
She's pregnant.
Dean, did you hear that? Loud and clear.
OK.
When are you due? Four weeks.
This your first? She's not moving.
That's OK.
That's OK.
I think the surfboard was taking most of the weight.
We've got a baby monitor, so we can check the foetal heart rate, OK? (PANTS) This is Rescue 1 Portable.
I need a baby monitor in here.
Over.
LARA: Copy that, Dean.
Alright, let's have a look here.
OK.
I'm just gonna get this on you here.
OK.
Just lift your head up a little bit for me.
There we go.
OK.
I want you to sit tight.
I'll be back in a sec.
(GASPS AND GROANS) Lachie, get Ed to triage.
Check out the other people.
Heidi, Jordan, grab air shores and packing.
Let's stabilise this thing.
No.
I'm staying here.
HEIDI: It's too dangerous, Ed.
Ed? Ed, she's in safe hands, mate, OK? Do me a favour.
My boss is watching.
Come on.
Good man, good man.
That's it.
We got a problem.
She's caught underneath the caravan.
Her left leg is almost completely severed.
Right.
So, she'll bleed out if we move her.
Yeah.
I don't know how you're gonna do it, Vince, but we need an ambulance.
We can't move her until we have plenty of blood here.
MICHELLE: Yeah, look, I've had no phone or radio contact since the storm hit.
I tracked their vehicles using GPS.
WOMAN: (ON TV) A tornado tore through this morning, causing widespread damage along the Central Coast.
Ranked F3, the tornado is the strongest to hit this close to Sydney.
Yeah, I appreciate Dispatch are busy.
I'm just asking to send one truck.
They were in the direct path of the tornado! You you're not listening to me.
If everything was alright, they'd be on their way home now.
That's what I'm saying to you.
Don't you hang up on me, you She didn't want to come away.
Said it was too close to the due date.
Why didn't I listen? You couldn't predict that, mate.
Come on.
Come on.
That's the way.
I came here to study storms.
I know what they can do.
Just never thought it would happen to me.
Ed, it's gonna be OK, mate.
Alright? OK.
You got a little fighter.
180.
That's perfect.
Uh, when can I get out? It's, uh (SIGHS) it's not as simple as we hoped, Annie.
The caravan is crushing your legs.
Now, when we lift it up, you're gonna lose a lot of blood.
My baby Your baby's fine.
Your baby's fine.
We're not gonna do anything until the ambulance arrives, yeah? Denise? Hey, are you alright? I've lost Pat.
That's OK.
I'm sure he's around here somewhere.
Hey, let's go back to the triage, OK? I'll look at your cuts.
Cuts? Yeah.
The ones on your legs.
Can you tell me who's in charge here? I'm the park manager.
I need the police here right now.
Uh, what's going on? Well, someone's stolen my petty cash box, for a start! Can you call the cops? Well, I'm sorry.
The storm took out our radios.
You'll have to talk to the cops when they arrive.
I've got people to tend to.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) How much longer? I wish I knew.
(GROANS) What's happening, Annie? What's happening? It's my back.
It's so tight.
OK.
Alright.
Uh I'll be back in a minute, alright? Nice big, deep breaths.
VINCE: Word of warning.
There are looters about.
Keep an eye on your phones and wallets.
CHASE: Who would do that? Tell me you've got an ambulance, Vince.
We need lots of blood.
What do you want me to do, Deano? Communication's down Vince, she's having contractions.
If that baby decides to come out, we're gonna have to lift the caravan.
She'll bleed out.
You can't deliver in situ? Not enough room.
The caravan's too high up on her legs.
The baby won't be able to come out.
It'll die from lack of oxygen.
Keep her calm.
I'll find help somehow.
Until then, we're all she's got.
MAN: (ON PHONE) The Commander shares your concern, Ms LeTourneau, but he's very busy right now.
I don't care if he's meeting the bloody Queen.
Put him on.
Please hold.
WOMAN: (ON TV) the strongest to hit this close to Sydney.
Experts estimate the damage caused will be in the millions of dollars.
Of more concern, at this stage, is the real possibility COMMANDER: Michelle, I'm in the middle of briefing the Minister.
Well, are you gonna tell her that you're abandoning seven highly-skilled paramedics or am I? You blackmailing me? I'm holding you to account.
Sir? OK.
Two trucks, as soon as the roads are clear.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Take the Patrol.
Hotfoot it to the freeway.
Try and get a phone or radio signal.
Use smoke signals if you have to.
We need an ambulance.
Is it Annie? No, she's fine.
Um, she's having contractions.
The baby's coming? No, no.
It's too early.
It's just started, Dean's monitoring her, but it's no time to hand the cigars around yet.
(SOFTLY) Mate, I could be hours, especially if the roads are blocked.
We don't have radio contact.
Unless you've got a better idea, get movin'.
Ed, mate, you've got a sat dish in your caravan, yeah? I use it to connect to the internet.
OK.
If we get that working, find the cables, we can Skype Michelle.
Of course.
That's brilliant.
That's a lot of 'if's, MacGyver.
Just trust me.
I know what I'm doing, OK? Righto.
(GROANS) Doing good, Annie.
Doing good.
That's it.
A few more seconds.
It'll pass.
(PANTS) That's it.
(PANTS) What if the baby comes? (SIGHS) The contractions are still seven minutes apart.
We've got plenty of time.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) Yeah.
That's it.
LACHIE: Should be a couple of small boxes and cables like this.
My battery's dead.
I'll need power.
Vince, can you get the generator? Is this it? Yeah, nice.
Perfect.
I didn't plan for this.
Well, life's like that.
Just when you think things are going great it throws you a curly one.
I meant the pregnancy.
Everything.
I wouldn't have kept it.
Ed was just so excited.
He said he'd take care of us.
He's been awesome.
Well It's his kid too.
Oh, right.
Does he know? He's just so in love with the idea of being a dad.
I couldn't take that away from him.
HEIDI: Got it! Whoa! We need that dish in one piece.
Easy, mate.
Just relax, mate.
It'll be good.
This should do it.
You got it? Yeah.
LACHIE: In the back here.
OK.
That's the go.
I'll just connect these two up and we should be in business.
I'm gonna go check on Dean.
Tell Annie I love her.
LACHIE: Get this connected up And when he's in a storm, it's like nothing else matters.
He's so passionate about what he does.
I love him for that.
But I just got so sick of being alone.
Hey, hey.
Come on, come on.
You need to try to save your energy.
Are you a dad? (SIGHS) Uh (SIGHS) I thought I was, once.
There was a DNA test.
It wasn't mine.
But you wanted to know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think being a dad (SIGHS) that's a pretty big deal.
I should have told him.
When you get through this, you can.
But what if he leaves? (SIGHS) Look, all I know, Annie, is things have a way of coming out, eventually.
I think it's better to be upfront.
(GROANS LOUDLY) There's another one, yeah? Ohhh! Oh! They're getting stronger.
OK.
Alright.
Big, deep breaths.
Big, deep breaths.
VINCE: One, two, three.
OK, that's done.
When Annie said she was pregnant, I was like, "Whoa.
"I am not ready for this.
" I'll bet.
But I I haven't stopped thinking about it.
I mean, I'm not just Ed Walker, storm chaser.
Man I'm gonna be a dad.
I-I just can't wait to hold that tiny little life in my arms, you know? Mm-hm.
Mate, let's crank this up and get the ambulance here, eh? Let her rip, Vinnie.
(GENERATOR WHIRRS) VINCE: Righto.
Ready to roll.
And it's not 'Vinnie'.
Try 34 degrees.
What's the problem? We need to hook up to a geostationary satellite.
Uh, right.
Of course we do.
Bingo! What, it's working? LACHIE: You sound surprised, mate.
Just relieved, mate.
Crap.
This is not good.
This is not good.
These two fronts are on a collision course.
If they join up, they're gonna form a supercell.
Which means? Big winds, thunder, lightning.
Possibly another tornado.
And it's heading straight for us.
How long have we got before that? 40 minutes, tops.
Get Michelle on that thing now.
OK.
Vince, where are you? Is everyone OK? We're all good.
Just listen.
I don't know how long this connection will last.
We're at Wellen Creek Caravan Park.
We've got a woman in labour, with life-threatening injuries.
We need bloods, and lots of 'em.
No-one said Annie was hurt.
Right.
Well, I've got an ambulance and SES truck coming from Wyong.
I'll give them your exact location.
Well, tell 'em to floor it.
It's calm now but there's another storm coming and it'll make the last one look like a summer breeze.
Wind's picking up out here! Hey, how's it going in here? LACHIE: She's inside there, mate.
Annie! Easy, easy, easy.
That's it, mate.
Jesus.
(ANNIE GASPS) Bloody hell.
DEAN: Come on, mate.
Just calm down.
OK, Ed, just take it easy, alright? (PANTS) My legs - they're not good.
I could lose them.
Hey, we'll deal with it.
Yeah? (BREATHES DEEPLY) The baby? As far as we can tell, everything's good.
Hey, that's something, at least.
Dean, there's another storm cell coming.
We gotta get this going.
Alright, Lara - trauma pads and tourniquets, and let's get the rest of this mess cleared up! I did something awful.
Annie, you don't have to do this now.
What? Do what? Last summer, when you were in Queensland, I was with someone.
What are you talking about? Um, the baby - it's not it's not You're lying.
I'm sorry.
Deano, ambulance is 20 minutes away! DEAN: We need to be ready for extraction.
I'm sorry No, please, don't (WEEPS) Please VINCE: Lachie, get out here, help Jordan with the airbags.
Let's go.
Come on, Annie.
Come on.
We're gonna get you through this.
Ed?! Ed! Ed! Ed! Uh, sir, you need to move over to the safe zone with my people.
I can't find my wife.
OK.
Well, look, that storm's about to pay us another visit.
You don't understand.
She might be there.
She's got Alzheimer's.
OK.
You got any idea where she is? I've checked the van, the bathrooms.
Alright, well, I'll try and find her.
If you can move over there.
I'll find her.
Thank you.
Rescue Portable 6 to Rescue Portable 1.
Deano, I need a hand.
Who can you spare? HEIDI: Where is he going? He's driving into the eye of the storm.
He's over there.
I'll grab the truck and follow you back.
We have to leave him.
We've got to get back to Annie.
He just found out the kid isn't his.
I won't scrape him off the bottom of a cliff.
But they need us at the caravan park.
Go.
We'll meet you back there.
It's too dangerous.
I'm stayin'.
Righto.
Well, be careful.
Ed, Ed, come on, mate.
Come on, mate.
Hang in there, Annie.
The ambulance is coming.
MICHELLE: (ON RADIO) Rescue Base to all units, do you copy? Rescue Team Leader.
Michelle, good to hear your voice.
(SHOUTS) Radio's back up! Good to hear you too, Dean.
How is everyone? Still waiting on that ambulance you promised.
Yeah, 15 minutes is the ETA.
There's just too much debris on the road.
What's the situation? Michelle, we have to move Annie before this new storm front hits us.
Dean, the baby's heart rate's dropped.
(GROANS) Oh, I just peed myself.
Hey, that's OK.
That's OK.
Waters? Yep.
Hate to say it, but I think this baby's coming now.
Tourniquets are on.
Rescue Team Leader to Rescue Base.
Michelle, you still with us? MICHELLE: Yeah.
Affirmative, Dean.
Look, I may need your help.
We're gonna deliver this baby now.
You can't wait until the ambos get there? I don't think this baby's gonna wait.
Over.
Alright.
Whatever you need.
Just try to hang on a little longer for me, Annie.
I don't know if I can.
Jump in.
(THUNDER CRASHES) This is Mother Nature at its best.
I used to think that there was nothing better than this.
Then I found out I was gonna be a dad.
Ed, you still can be a dad.
Annie made a mistake but she loves you.
Come on.
VINCE: (SHOUTS) Denise! I thought there was something strange about that lady.
Why didn't you say something before? I didn't think you'd listen, Vinnie.
I'm listening now.
What's so strange about her? She seemed to like Fantales.
You don't much like me, do you, Vince? Don't take it personally.
There's a lot of things I don't like.
You always this grumpy? I'm not grumpy! Yeah, right.
I've heard male menopause can screw with your moods.
(LAUGHS) See, there you go.
Laughing one minute, bitching the next.
You're all over the place.
Oi.
Over this way, mate.
OK, as soon as you lift the caravan, I want you to tell me how much the cervix has dilated.
Will do.
Stand by.
(ANNIE PANTS) DEAN: Alright.
Annie, hey, we need to deliver this baby.
(GASPS) What? Look, your baby is in distress.
It needs to come out.
I don't want to die.
We'll do everything we can.
Denise? We're from Rescue.
We've come here to help.
We're having tea.
Would you like some chocolate cake? But only if you're good.
Might need some help getting her down.
DENISE: Ooh! VINCE: Let's get you down here, eh? Come on.
Ooh, ooh.
We've got a sore arm, Teddy.
Let's get you out of here, eh? And we'll fix that up.
Vince, look what I found.
They're ours.
Yeah.
There's a camera down here, cash tin, all sorts of goodies.
We've found the looter.
Hey, good timing.
Pass the airbag.
HEIDI: Ready to inflate.
Good to go.
CHASE: Dean, we're ready to lift.
Ed? Sorry, no.
Annie, the next time you feel like pushing, we're gonna lift the caravan, OK? You just let me know.
Ah! Oh! She's coming now! (ANNIE CRIES) Raise the caravan now! LARA: Prepare to lift.
Lift.
(ANNIE SCREAMS) DEAN: Come on.
Out.
LARA: OK, lift, lift.
Get her around.
CHASE: Right, right.
Come on.
Trauma pads.
LARA: Got it.
Yep.
Got 'em.
Got 'em.
OK.
Cervix is fully dilated.
OK, Annie, can you hear me? Yeah.
DEAN: She can hear you, Michelle.
She can hear you.
Annie, I want you to concentrate on your breathing.
It's gonna help you with your delivery.
ANNIE: I'm scared.
You're allowed to be.
OK, now, I want you to breathe in to the count of three, and out to the count of four.
Nice deep breaths.
Can you do that for me, Annie? Yes.
Alright, breathe in, two, three.
And out, two, three, four.
DEAN: She's got it, Michelle.
She's got it.
MICHELLE: Good, Annie, good.
When you feel a contraction, I want you to push as hard as you can.
OK.
Alright? And don't stop your breathing.
OK, are we right here? Yep.
I'm here.
ED: I'm right here.
Whenever you're ready, Annie.
She was in the playground.
What are you doing? I was looking for Suzie.
Who's Suzie? Our 40-year-old daughter.
I I've ruined the holiday.
It's not it's not your fault.
We found your camera, and, uh, Carol's cash box too, amongst other stuff.
We waited nearly all our married lives to do this trip.
Now we've run out of time.
I'll stay with her.
You go and help with the caravan.
DEAN: One more push, Annie.
One more push.
ANNIE: I can't.
Yes, you can.
Come on.
Yes, you can! (BREATHES HEAVILY) That's it.
Come on, come on.
That's it.
That's it.
That's it.
(CRIES) CHASE: Jordan, Heidi! ED: You did it.
CHASE: The baby's delivered, Michelle.
It's a girl.
How is she? Alright, checking now.
Stand by.
DEAN: Heidi, Lara, push through those fluids.
ANNIE: Is she OK? ED: What's happening? Is she OK? LARA: We're gonna roll you on your side, Annie.
OK? Prepare to roll.
Roll.
HEIDI: In there.
LARA: Right down, Jordan.
All the way down.
Rolling back.
Roll.
Can I hold her, please? Soon, OK? Soon.
Apgar score of five.
OK.
Michelle, the baby's not breathing.
We think there's fluid in the lungs.
Right.
Get some suction in there.
Yeah.
Onto it.
Come on.
JORDAN: How is she? Not good.
JORDAN: We've got her covered, though, right? Please don't let this happen.
Please.
Come on, little one.
Come on, come on, come on.
(BABY CRIES) That's it.
That's it.
CHASE: Do you hear that, Michelle? DEAN: Let everyone know you've arrived.
(BABY CRIES) (CHUCKLES) LARA: Prepare to lift.
Lift.
LARA: Got it? JORDAN: You got her, Chasey? Right.
OK, bring her round.
Prepare to lower.
Lower.
Hey.
Here's your mummy.
Oh, she's beautiful.
I wanted her to be yours.
JORDAN: Let's move.
Go.
LARA: Prepare to lift.
Lift.
JORDAN: And ready.
LARA: This is Annie Griffin.
She's 26.
She's got partial amputation.
You wanna hold her? Here.
Watch the head, yep.
That's it.
(RAPID BEEPING) Prepare to lower.
Lower.
She's in cardiac arrest.
What's happening? (RAPID BEEPING) LARA: She's asystole.
DEAN: Four, five, six, seven.
LACHIE: Come on, Annie.
(BABY CRIES) Four, five, six, seven, eight LACHIE: Come on.
Go.
Go.
Go.
(HEART MONITOR FLATLINES) Still no output? Come on.
(HEART MONITOR CONTINUES FLATLINING) It's been 20 minutes, Dean.
Patient deceased after following asystole protocol.
Time of death - 5:45pm.
(BABY CRIES) DEAN: Sorry, Ed.
We did everything we could.
(CRIES SOFTLY) You look like your mum.
You look just like her.
We did everything we could.
I guess so.
Cops have spoken to Annie's parents.
They're gonna take temporary care of the baby.
They're on their way to the hospital now.
What about Ed? Right now, he says he wants to be there for the kid.
But in the cold light of day, who knows? Mm.
Vince told Michelle you didn't completely stuff up.
Mm.
Guess you're officially part of the team.
Cheers.
Yeah.
Right.
You OK? Yeah, I'm sweet.
It's just that woman, Annie.
To die after all that, you know? Bitch of a job, eh? It can be.
I'm thirsty.
Newbie's shout, right? Back in a sec.
(DIALS) Zoe, it's Dean.
SONG: # See them crawlin' # Their faces on the ground # My heart keeps jumpin' # I want to stay around # Now they can't hear me # I ain't too young to die # But before I let you take me # You gotta look me in the eyes # I'm gonna get a little dirty # I'm gonna get a little dirty # I'm gonna get a little dirty, yeah # I'm gonna get a little dirty, yeah # I'm gonna get a little dirty.
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