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Southland. 150 ,000 homes are without electricity, and for most, there is an

urgent need for traffic lights out all over the city. Driving is extremely

hazardous.

Callers are urged to refrain from dialing 911 unless there is a real and

emergency. No, sir, emergency law has not been declared, and even if it had,

pretty sure that it's still illegal to just shoot anyone who comes on your

property. 911, what is your emergency?

Sorry, ma 'am, we can't really spare any units to come look for your missing

cat. Maybe put out a can of tuna?

Yes, open.

911, what is your emergency?

Miss Botts, we have a report of looters at the Big Five on Wilshire and San

Vicente. Wait, there are two Wilshire and San Vicente?

I'm transferring you. Please stay on the line.

Don't hang up.

I shouldn't be doing this. You're doing fine. I've got my eye on you. People's

lives are at stake here. Look, we're stretched out on our best day, and today

definitely not our best. Just get the frivolous calls off the line, help the

ones you can, and keep sending the higher priority calls at the chain.

You can do this.

911, what is your emergency?

I need an ambulance.

6057 Colmstock in Montebello. What is the nature of your emergency?

My wife.

She's just over 32 weeks pregnant and she went into labor about an hour ago.

Tell me your name.

I'm Drew.

Drew Hudson.

My wife is Ainsley. Okay, Drew. 32 weeks isn't so early that we're in a danger

zone. I want you to monitor her breathing and time her contractions for

said I need an ambulance. I'm sorry, but we're backed up due to the earthquake.

As soon as I have something available. What do you mean? You're 911.

I understand, sir, but our resources are spread thin all over the city. No, I

need help. It's not coming.

Help is not coming, Drew.

Oh, God.

But it's okay.

I'm here. I'm a trained nurse, and I've delivered a lot of babies. I can talk

you through this.

No, you can't.

She's unconscious.

When we were on our way to the hospital, when the second one hit, she fell.

The baby was coming.

Drew, can you tell me where she's been hurt?

Her head.

It's bleeding.

Is there a lot of blood?

No, no, some, not a lot. Okay, good. Is she breathing?

Barely, but yes.

Where is she now, Drew?

I put her on the couch.

Okay, but we don't want her lying flat. Can you gently move her onto her left

side? Yes.

Good. Make sure her head is elevated. This is going to keep her airway open.

Ainsley and the baby need to breathe.

When can someone be here?

Probably at least an hour before a truck can get there.

Drew, you said when the last aftershock hit, you were getting ready to take

Ainsley to the hospital.

Which hospital?

Montebello Presbyterian.

Should I take her there? Traffic lights out here and here. This artery is going

to be jammed.

Wait.

You can't get the first responders to the caller.

Get the callers, first responders.

Okay, Drew, I want you to listen to me very carefully. I want you to take

Ainsley to your car. I want her on her left side, head elevated, just like

been doing.

Am I taking her to the hospital?

No, we don't have time for that.

I am sending you to a fire.

This is Captain Martinez.

Captain Martinez, this is Dispatcher Maddie Kendall at Parker Center. I have

young couple in a Volkswagen Passat coming to you. The female is eight

pregnant and unconscious.

She was in active labor when she was injured.

They could really use a miracle today.

We just might have a few of those left. I see them.

EMTs!

We're going to get them treated and transported.

Thank you, Captain.

Thank you.

Great work.

911, what is your emergency?

Caltech calling that last aftershock of 4 .9.

16th aftershock so far.

I want a real -time assessment of new damage and a comprehensive report on

structural integrity throughout the building. Call your people and get me

updates. Excuse me.

No one's telling us anything about my daughter. It's been hours.

Sir, search and rescue operations are continuing.

As soon as we know anything, you'll be advised. I want to go in there myself.

Let me go in and look for her. I can't allow you to do that.

I'm afraid we'd wind up having to rescue you, too. And your family needs you

right now.

My family needs my daughter back.

It's going to be a long night.

What about the grid?

Show me who's left in there.

GPS looks like it's got a bead on everybody, but the 118's lost contact

firefighter. Who?

Ed, do you copy?

This is Captain to ask for Henrietta Wilson. Do you copy?

Cap, I think I got a visual.

There's a pocket, probably four feet. Can't see her, though.

Hen!

Hen, can you hear me?

Captain. Yeah. She's locked in on her GPS.

All right, let me see. There's been no movement.

Okay, Jim, looks like she's about three meters deep over there inside that

pancake section of the garage.

If we do this wrong, we must bring the rest of us down on top of her.

So we go slow.

But not too slow. She's in there, Jim.

After that.

Ted, you're doing great.

You've done this before, haven't you?

Yeah. It was my major at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Sorry.

Sarcasm is my fallback for pretty much everything.

So we did it.

I think he'll still be on the sidewalk when we get down there.

No.

We're not going out that side anyway.

Let's hustle up, you two.

We don't want to be here for the next aftershock.

Wait, what do you mean the next aftershock?

Come on.

There we go.

You're going to be fine.

You're going to be fine.

He's right behind you.

Okay.

No. No.

Oh, you gotta be kidding me. We're not getting out this way.

Now what?

Go back up.

Back up?

Ladder 118, respond.

Letter 118 responding.

T .S. Buckley. We're good, Cap.

Castillo and Jackson responding.

Paulson, Lucas, and Riley responding.

Jiminy responding.

Ed, do you copy? Ed!

This is Captain Natch for Henrietta Wilson. Do you copy?

Is that a friend of yours?

Keep moving.

121, right?

Yeah. Russ.

And 118.

Where's your radio? Mine is toast.

I don't have one.

All the radios were issued out. It's not my shift.

Oh, my God. You can't make a deal.

Yeah. Nothing new on Netflix.

There's got to be a jack in one of these cars.

You don't waste a string.

Nor your time.

None of that, right?

We're both getting out of here, okay?

I'm not.

I'm a fraction pelvis.

Flail cat.

Even I couldn't save me.

You don't know me, but I'm good.

Yeah?

Well, maybe I'm better.

I'm not going to make it. 20 minutes.

Help's not coming.

None time anyway.

So please, my kit.

No morphine.

Give me a bolus.

Y 'all give me three.

I'll give you one.

Just to keep you comfortable. We're not giving up, okay?

You married him?

I am.

I hope you make it back to your husband.

Wife.

You know, I was worried that I wouldn't get back home to see her. I decided

maybe it's better if I just stopped coming home altogether.

I think maybe she wanted something.

My people are right about us, okay?

Believe me when I tell you.

Looks like we are in pretty good shape. No structural damage to that sprinkler

system. Oh,

come on. Hey, you guys, I thought you were cleaning up this mess.

We wanted to watch the news.

Oh, speaking of unprecedented events, wow.

I asked you guys to clean up the mess and go through the earthquake kits.

Go do that now, please.

You just said the house was fine.

Why do you care about those books more than Mom?

What did you just say to me?

Listen.

I have been worrying about your mom since before you were born.

That just goes with it. territory.

But she is out there doing her job just like she does every day.

So we are not going to imagine the worst case scenario. We're gonna have faith

that she's okay and be happy to see her when she comes home. Do you understand?

But today's not like every other day, Dad.

Okay.

Let's go.

Get a sweater and the earthquake kits.

Are we going to go look for Mom?

You guys got five seconds to get in the car.

911, what's your emergency?

Yeah, I own a grocery store.

We ain't the ones shooting.

Thank God. These people are crazy.

You have a license for that?

Yes, ma 'am. I have all the paperwork in the back.

I can't expect you people to be here all the time.

All right, well, we're here now. Tell me what's going on.

Exactly what it looks like. They tried to loot my store.

I thought the people in this neighborhood were decent folk, but

think everything's free if an earthquake hits.

Hey, Joe, looters, they tend to bring stuff they want to steal to the

do they?

I brought that stuff here. And when was that?

After you popped off your shotgun, you decided to tidy up a bit. How much are

you charging for that case of water?

$14 .99.

Liar.

Step back, ma 'am.

Hey, miss, how much was this man charging for a case of water? A hundred

dollars.

Supply and demand.

Are you familiar with Penal Code 396, the anti -price gouging law?

It specifically states that jackasses like yourself are prohibited from

the price of consumer goods by more than 10 % after a state of emergency has

been declared.

Was a state of emergency officially declared? The San Andreas Fault declared

just before lunch today, you may have noticed.

Look, if I don't raise the price, two or three people will buy it all.

Upping the cost ensures that everyone gets a shot. Oh, so you're just thinking

of your fellow man when you decided to fleece them. Well, not today.

These people are not intruders. The sign on your door says open and you are not

their victim. Quite the opposite by the looks of things.

Now, there are people in real need.

This city is under serious distress and all you can think about is a pad in your

own pocket. I have a right. So, you have got yourself a choice.

I can write you up a price gouging and you can face a year in jail. Or we can

overlook your ignorance of the law.

And maybe we can come up with some other arrangement.

Like what? Oh, like you tell me.

I guess I could, I don't know, like you said,

raise the prices slightly, 10%.

10 % off.

20%. 50 % off everything in the store.

That's more like it.

Okay, folks, it's high price day.

Pleasure doing business with you.

Hi. L .A. F .D.? That's right. Bill Jenks, liaison.

Maddie Buckley.

Crazy day. Do you have any idea what's going on at the Hollywood Palm Hotel?

Pretty much just what's been on the news. It's a mess.

Aftershock caused another collapse. We got some people missing.

I think that my brother might be in that hotel.

Do you know if any of the missing are from the 118?

I don't.

I'm sorry.

If I hear anything else, I'll come find you.

There you go.

There you go.

The man says the secret's on the north stairwell of this floor.

What if it's block two?

Can't you guys get a ladder to one of the windows?

It's too risky.

Building shifted too much.

We got this, Abby.

We'll get you out of here.

Allie.

What? You called me Abby. My name's Allie.

Uh, yeah.

Sorry. Um, Abby is my... It's complicated.

Isn't it always?

She's in Europe. She's traveling.

For the first time, I'm glad she's not around.

You don't need to worry.

Having someone to worry about sounds nice, actually.

All I do is work.

What?

It's after five.

It's not like it slows us down.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

You guys hear that?

Help! Help!

I need a helping

thumb.

That's right.

We're here. We got you, buddy.

All right, don't move. Just relax, okay? I need you to stay as still as

possible.

Okay. We've got to roll him over. On three.

One, two, three.

I saw it myself.

Forget about that, okay?

Not my brother's moment.

Can you wiggle your toes for me?

Numbness in his legs.

Loss of bladder control.

Spinal injury.

We gotta move him out now.

On what?

I don't have a backboard and every millimeter counts.

You see anything?

Guys. No.

What about this?

Ironing board.

It worked.

Now we're gonna get him down the stairwell.

Maybe we don't use the stairwell.

At least we're not blocked by any debris.

Or an elevator.

Um, how much do you think that weighs?

2 ,500?

3 ,000 pounds?

I like our chances.

I, um... Listen, I just wanted to say that I,

uh... I

wish I could promise you that I was coming home tonight,

but, um... After you took me back, you know, I swore that I would never lie to

you again.

And baby, you still...

You're looking too good for me right now.

I love you.

I love you and I love Danny so much.

And whatever happens...

I just need you to know that I didn't give up on you.

I fought.

I fought to the end. I fought.

I fought to come home to you, okay?

Matthew, go get help.

Okay. Knock it off.

Paisley.

Okay, Paisley.

Show me the way out.

I'm sure you can convince it.

Yeah, a lot of people are in need right now.

Not everybody got by with just broken glass and an overturned bookshelf.

Mom's not here.

No, she isn't.

Then why are we?

To be of service, okay?

Hey.

see you. Hi, Miss Lorna. Hey, dear.

Harry.

Athena working, is she? Oh, maybe she is.

You know I'm going to put you out of work.

And that's why we're here.

All right, come on.

Mom said shirts.

That's where to go when things go bad.

So you're looking for your mom?

Wait here until she finds me.

She might not be able to find you under here.

Why don't we go wait over there?

You can still see the doors.

And don't wait with... I'm worried about my mom too.

You and Athena have done such a good job with them.

They are wonderful children.

They take after their mother.

I give you some of the credit.

You're worried.

We haven't been able to reach Athena all day.

May I pray with you?

How

you

doing, Katari?

How you feeling?

Not dead yet.

You guys are doing great.

You're almost there.

Eight more feet, Buck.

All right.

Get down there, Buck.

All right, on my way. You ready?

Okay.

Is the building vibrating?

Back to where we started.

All right, well, we start again.

Captain Nash.

Firefighter Wilson's GPS.

There's been movement.

Jim, look at this. She's on the other side of us.

Yeah, she's on the move, but where's she going?

Yeah, me too.

Here, look.

Look what I got.

Here you go.

That's much better.

Put a pocket of space in there and move through.

South side of the parking garage? Yeah. We've been attacking this from the wrong

angle.

We're going to head south.

All right? South side of the parking garage.

This is Captain Nash.

We are on the move. I need jackhammers, diamond saws, jaws, every heavy -duty

piece of equipment you have and every available pair of hands.

We are going down to the southern corner of the garage level B3.

Negative, Captain.

Engineers have warned of a possible complete collapse.

We need...

No can do. We still have a firefighter trapped down here. I'm sorry. I

understand. This is a direct order.

All right, guys.

Evacuate. Come on. Double time. Let's go.

Everybody out.

Come on.

Up and out, guys.

Get up to safety.

Up and out. Let's go. Let's go.

Captain can't leave him behind.

She'd be here till the end for one of us.

I know.

I can't ask anyone else to defy a direct order.

Our first responder's leaving the building. Our daughter's still in there.

Sorry. I'm going back in.

Sir. Come here.

No! No!

I gotta go back. No! Let me in there!

Have you given much thought to what you'll do after we're fired?

We were ordered to leave the building. We're just leaving a different way.

Am I taking a detour to the bottom of the parking garage?

Yeah.

It's a choice.

Not your step.

Hen?

Hen! Hen, can you hear us?

Think that ramp is on the other side of this wall? Yeah.

It should be right over there.

Whoa.

Is there anything that stands between us and Hen, is that?

We're going to make it through this, Jim, just you and me.

Not any help or heavy equipment.

Piece of cake.

All right, let's see what we can find. Copy that.

Jim.

Back at the valet.

Let's see what we got.

All right. All right.

All right, scoop him up and let's scab him.

All right, let's see what we got here.

Tap on tap.

All right.

Keep going.

I got a jack.

Tools.

Got another one.

All right. See what you can find, chimp.

Got tool backs.

Jack.

Got some rope here.

Cap. Yeah.

You got to see this.

Thinking what I'm thinking?

It's no chance.

All right.

All right, Jim, ease it forward.

Good. Keep going, Jim.

How we looking?

Looking good.

What happened?

Chained staff.

We have any more chain?

No. I think it's far enough out that we can get back behind it and push it out

the rest of the way.

Looks like we got here just in time then. Yeah, it seems like they were

on having all the fun without us. Heard over the radio you needed some equipment

and available hands down here.

You know you guys are disobeying direct order.

And they'll be duly reprimanded as soon as we're done here.

Looks like you're going to have to reprimand yourself as well.

I'm seriously considering it.

Your people are very persuasive and persistent.

One shot, Captain.

Either way, no one's coming to rescue us.

Keep going, Jim. We've got to get it clear.

Clear now. We need some support beam.

Straight ahead. Straight ahead.

One, two,

three,

four.

Hollywood Palm's been evacuated.

All members of the 118 are safe and accounted for.

Thank you.

Thank you.

911, what is your emergency?

There's this weird light in the sky, like a glowing cloud.

Did something else happen? A glowing cloud?

Wait, is there power where you are?

on a light for miles. Is everything okay?

I think what you're seeing is the Milky Way.

The city is usually so bright you're not able to see it.

Oh, geez.

Well, now I feel sorry to bother you. You must be pretty busy there.

It's been a day.

Well, thank you.

I wish we could swim like

dolphins, like dolphins should swim.

So nothing, nothing will keep us together.

We can be them.

Forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes

Just for one day

Hey. Yes.

Smells good.

Oh, you know how I do.

Hey,

how's

my man?

I need to see you.

I need to see you too, but I have to feed these kids and the roads are still

mess.

You came all this way just to see me?

I would have walked if I had to.

You know, I thought about knocking on the door, but I

figured that wasn't the best way for your kids to meet me the first time.

That's probably wise.

How was your day, honey?

Oh, pretty standard.

Like your outfit?

I was worried about you all day.

I was worried about you, too.

It was nice having something so important to worry about. I had to work

put it aside to get the job done. I haven't had that in a long time.

Excuse me.

What is all of this silliness?

Hi, I'm Bobby. We met a while back at Hen's party, of course.

Yeah, Bobby just came to check on me.

And you have him standing out here after the day he's probably had.

Bobby, please, come inside. No, thank you.

Maybe another time.

Nonsense. I already set your plate.

And the kids are excited to meet you.

So how do you like L .A. so far? I experienced my first earthquake.

Are you ready to experience your new city and all of its reforms?

Our lives are shaped by relationships.

And the stronger those ties are, the less often everything else is.

What just happened? Let go! Let go!

You gotta have faith.

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