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Tony’s the bearer of heartbreaking news from ground zero. Rachel finally cracks as her grief overwhelms her. Alf suffers a heart attack.
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00:01So you think they're all dead, Pete?
00:03In my experience, helicopter accidents rarely leave survivors.
00:07They're not like planes.
00:08When a chopper loses power, they drop like bricks.
00:11We have to face the reality of the situation.
00:16Tasha!
00:19I love you!
00:21I don't want to miss out on you the way you've missed out on Belle!
00:24Too bad!
00:25I never want to see you again.
00:30Oh, for God's sake, stop acting for once in your life!
00:33It doesn't work on me anymore!
00:37What are we going to do, Maureen?
00:39Another day without any news?
00:41Well, we just have to pray and hope for a miracle.
00:45It's been 24 hours, Maureen.
00:4824 hours.
00:53You know we belong together
00:55You and I forever and ever
01:00No matter where you are
01:04You're my guiding star
01:08You're my guiding star
01:10Hold me in your arms
01:12Don't let me go
01:14I want to stay forever
01:18Closer each day
01:21Home and away
01:25How did it look out there, mate?
01:27Well, we didn't make much progress.
01:29It's a pretty rough terrain.
01:30Anyway, look, first light tomorrow we'll be going back at it again.
01:32But, look, I'll fit in that later, okay?
01:34Right now I just need to get to the hospital and check on Jack and Maggie.
01:37Love, I'm heading there now to see Tash.
01:39You're quite welcome to a lift.
01:40I wouldn't mind coming too if it's alright.
01:43What about you, Alf? How long are you going to hang around for?
01:45I know there's not a lot we can do here, but...
01:48If anyone feels like hanging around, you're more than welcome.
01:51Oh, well, I can rustle up some food if you like.
01:54Yeah, well, that's a good idea, Colleen.
01:57Alfred, you should go home and get some rest.
02:00I'm fine.
02:02What's happening? Is there any news?
02:04They've called off the search for the night.
02:06So that's another night that they're out there by themselves?
02:10Sorry, I didn't mean to snow.
02:12It's alright, Amanda, you're worried, love, we all are.
02:15I'll see you later.
02:16Okay, see ya.
02:18Most of us are going to stay here tonight.
02:19I mean, not as much we can do, but it's better than being on our own if you want to
02:22stay.
02:22No, I should go home.
02:24Hey, how'd you go with Kitty?
02:25No, you should have seen the axe she put on.
02:27Tears, the hole works.
02:29Very good then, hey?
02:30It was good for a while.
02:32Seeing those things.
02:34But then she had to go and turn the whole situation into trying to win me back.
02:38I don't even know why I was stupid enough to believe her word in the first place.
02:42Oh, excuse me, Amanda, I'm making sandwiches for everyone.
02:45Are you going to be staying?
02:46No, it's fine.
02:47You'd be more than welcome.
02:49No, look, honestly, just call me if there's any changes, okay?
02:52Of course.
02:54See what I mean?
02:55She just won't give up.
02:58I am not falling for her tricks this time.
03:03How can there be no sign of anything?
03:05There must be some wreckage or something.
03:07Well, we're all doing our best out there, but that bush is pretty dense.
03:10It's a pretty tough going.
03:12Yeah, but, you know, so are the people that we're searching for.
03:15That's what we've got to keep telling ourselves.
03:17I mean, Robbie and Martha and Kit and Kim and Bella are not going to throw in the towel.
03:24They're not going to give up on us, so we can't give up on them.
03:29Um, in fact, would anyone mind if I said a prayer?
03:34Yeah.
03:35I've been talking to the big fella a bit lately, ever since I found out that Zoe was back, and
03:40I...
03:41Well, I can't speak for everyone, but...
03:43I don't know, I find that it really helps.
03:46Sounds like a great idea.
03:47I agree.
03:48Yeah, I agree.
03:53Well, it's been a while since I've been to church, but I remember they always spoke about God's will, how
04:00things happen for a reason.
04:04Lord, we don't know the reason for this.
04:09Maybe it's a test of our strength, but whatever the reason, please help us to get through this.
04:17Please keep us strong.
04:19Help us to believe, but more than anything else, please keep the ones that we love safe.
04:27Lord, you gave us these wonderful lives.
04:29Please don't take them from us so soon.
04:33Bring them back to us in one piece.
04:37I'm in.
04:38I'm in, I'm in.
04:42Hey, you should have joined us.
04:45Irene reckons you've got friends in our faces.
04:48Oh, look, I'm sorry to do this, but it's time that you got back to your own room.
04:52I'd like to stay with Tash, if that's okay.
04:54Yeah, I kind of don't really like being in here by myself.
04:57Could he stay a bit longer?
04:58Couldn't we maybe just get another bed and squeeze it in?
05:01I mean, I know it's against the rules, but...
05:07And thank you for the prayer.
05:08It was beautiful.
05:10God's going to keep them safe.
05:12I know it.
05:13I'll go see about that bed.
05:15Thanks.
05:17Excuse me.
05:21Rach, you look like you're about to kill over from exhaustion.
05:24Why don't you just have a break?
05:26It doesn't exactly work that way here.
05:27You can't schedule an emergency.
05:29Yeah, well, it's not going to be good to anyone if you run yourself into the ground.
05:32Bea, I'm not going to let that happen.
05:34Hey, sorry.
05:35I don't mean to nag.
05:36I'm just worried about you.
05:37I know.
05:38What I need right now is just to keep busy.
05:43So, why don't you join in the prayer?
05:45I saw you watching.
05:46You could have just come in.
05:48Well, you know I'm not one for prayers.
05:50But this is different.
05:52I see bad things happen to good people all the time, and no amount of prayer can change that.
06:07Amanda?
06:11I should have known Mum would send you to do her dirty work.
06:13Kitty doesn't even know I'm here.
06:16Please.
06:17I know how her twisted little mind works.
06:19I am not playing games, Amanda.
06:21I'm here because I am worried about Kitty.
06:25She spent the entire night crying her eyes out.
06:29But when you left yesterday, she was so upset she worked herself up into a complete state.
06:33Well, did you get it on tape?
06:35I mean, she might win an Oscar.
06:37I know Kitty has done some terrible things.
06:40I'm not going to make excuses.
06:42But when you walked out yesterday, she was devastated.
06:47I'd love to believe that.
06:49But let's just say I've heard Wolf cried one too many times lately.
06:52Look, at least come and see her.
06:55Give her a chance to talk to you.
06:57And I mean properly.
06:58Talk.
06:59It's the only way she's going to get past this.
07:02I'm sorry.
07:04You've wasted your trip.
07:07Must be a wonderful thing never to have made a mistake, Amanda.
07:16I mean, if Rachel doesn't believe in God, that's her choice.
07:19But it's like she doesn't believe in anything right now except work.
07:22I mean, she hasn't even organised her mum's funeral.
07:24I just can't help thinking that she's throwing herself into it
07:26so she doesn't have to think about what happened.
07:29Well, I suppose we've got to deal with things in our own way, darling.
07:31Yeah, well, that's just the point.
07:32She's not dealing with it.
07:33And she's a psychiatrist.
07:34She's known better.
07:36Well, you know what they say.
07:38Doctors make the worst patients.
07:40You didn't bring me the paper this morning.
07:42Because you're needing to be resting.
07:47I want the paper.
07:49You might change your mind about that when you see the front page.
07:52Why, what's it say?
07:55Please, Joan, tell me what it says.
07:58It's a story about the helicopter crash.
08:00It said that hopes of finding survivors are fading.
08:05Bring me the paper, I want to read it.
08:07Teddy.
08:07Now!
08:09Okay.
08:16Mum?
08:26It's time you took a break out, Stuart. You haven't stopped.
08:29I'm fine.
08:30Well, five minutes isn't going to hurt you.
08:31Come on, it'll do you the world of good.
08:33Put a sock in it, will you, Colleen?
08:36Where's that flaming map?
08:38You know, Colleen's right.
08:39You need to rest.
08:41I'll tell you what.
08:42I need a bit of organisation.
08:43What I don't need is every banshee within Cooey of this flaming town telling me what to do.
08:48That's all I need.
08:49Aw, thanks a lot, Colleen.
08:52Would you just calm down?
08:53Don't tell me to calm down, Morag.
08:55I've got a gut full of it now.
08:56If all you can do is stand around here and take pot shots at me, you might as well get
08:59out!
09:01Alfred?
09:02No!
09:04Alfred!
09:06No, hang on.
09:12So, what are you doing here?
09:15Joan told me about what happened yesterday after I left.
09:19Were you really up half the night crying?
09:22Yes, I was.
09:24Now that you're here, can I say one thing?
09:26No, I just wanted to say that you're okay.
09:29I don't want to get into another fight.
09:31I'm sorry, Amanda.
09:32I really am.
09:33I know that sounds hollow, but it's the truth.
09:35I made a stupid, selfish decision.
09:38And in the process, I've ruined all of our lives.
09:41If I could have my time over, if I could do it again...
09:47Amanda, I've deprived you of your precious daughter.
09:51And I've ended up doing the same thing to myself.
09:54I've lost you.
09:57I hate myself every day for what I've done.
10:01I know that I came back into your life with more lies.
10:04Into your life with more lies.
10:07That's how it started.
10:09But now I realise what I've lost.
10:11I don't want to be without you anymore.
10:14I know I have no right to ask this, but...
10:17Then don't, Mum.
10:20Don't ask.
10:21If you could give me a second chance, if you could do that...
10:27I promise you, Amanda, I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you.
10:35Get him.
10:36Oh, I'm so sorry. The doctor's arrived, but we'll come back.
10:39No. No, it's okay. I'll leave you to it.
11:10Just the slightest mention of your name.
11:12and she'd have you in there might just be the listing in the TV guide but she'd
11:16cut it out she's obviously got too much time on her hands doesn't she she loves
11:21you Amanda she never stopped she's got a funny way of showing it I know but
11:26that's the thing about Kitty she is the world champion at pushing people away
11:31I've seen it happen time and time again friends lovers colleagues they all go by
11:38the wayside it's as if she never learns but I'm the one who hears her crying
11:44herself to sleep at night I'm the one who tries to console her when she is so
11:49angry with herself for things she's done or for a bad decision she's made she'd
11:55denied of course but it's the truth your mother is no saint Amanda but she is
12:00sorry for what she's done I truly believe that
12:06but it didn't always melt in your mouth did it
12:11I remember all too well this isn't about me I didn't steal someone's child
12:18everyone is capable of making a mistake but it's what you learn from it
12:25now your mother is ready to do that how about you
12:32it was a heart attack wasn't it I told him to slow down take a break I was pushing himself
12:39too hard this isn't helping well you're probably right it isn't but just for the record it wasn't a
12:44heart attack it was a flutter but you should see this is a wake-up call if you don't start
12:48taking
12:49it easy you know you might not be so lucky next time see you need to eat better and sleep
12:54better
12:54and make sure that you avoid stress as much as possible yeah well that's easier said than done
12:58in this environment isn't it well how about we make it easier for you we're going to keep you
13:02overnight for observation no I can't stay here I've got to get back to the surf club he's staying and
13:07from
13:07now on he is going to be a model patient because if he isn't you'll have me to answer to
13:12yeah the hell
13:12am I going to avoid stress if I got you on me back thank you doctor we're going back in
13:16a minute
13:17some medication well you heard her I'm not going to cark it so there's no reason for you to stick
13:25around you were putting the search ahead of your health and as cranky as I am with you the fact
13:30remains at times like this no one expects anything less of Alfred Stewart and I certainly don't yeah
13:36and that could be the biggest joke of all I here I am busting a gut for what as far
13:44as we know they
13:45could all be dead oh Alfred don't oh you know that's not true do I that's why I didn't want
13:52to stop
13:53Morag so I wanted to keep working away so I didn't have time to stop and think I didn't have
14:00time to
14:01think that I might never see Martha again Alfred please um she's just a kid she had a whole life
14:11ahead of her no look there is still hope that's what we have to rely on I missed 18 years
14:18of her life
14:21I only just got her back and we're going to get her back again I know we will
14:37what did the doctor say he said I should try not to get overexcited trust me I'm fairly certain
14:44now Dr. Johns is a world expert on that mum I want you to hear me out without chipping in
14:52or
14:52interrupting all right you're not the only one that has regrets I don't go around stealing babies
15:00but I have done some things I've heard a lot of people so I guess what they say is true
15:07the apple
15:07doesn't fall too far from the tree which no offense but it's a horrifying thought but I'm in no position
15:15to judge I know what it feels like to be an outsider to feel like no one's ever going to
15:22let you forget
15:22what you've done so I have two choices I can hold a grudge forever or not I'm choosing not that
15:33doesn't
15:33mean that I can forgive you for what you did I don't know if I can ever do that but
15:39I'm not going
15:39to waste any more time hating you what does this mean then where do we go from here I don't
15:50know
15:51just getting to this point right now for me is enough take care of yourself love
16:02maybe I'll call you sometime I'd like it
16:17Amanda I called your place before there was no answer I went to see my mum how did that go
16:23wow I realized something that I should have seen a long time ago what's that but I'm more like my
16:29mother than I care to admit you know everything that I've been accusing her of all the manipulation
16:35all the games that she plays I'm guilty of that only this time I'm on the other side
16:43the thing is I wish I could change everything that I've done all the hurt that I've caused people
16:49over the years and I mean it too I guess so does my mum so how can I deny her
16:57something that I wish
16:57other people would offer me you better remind me that I said that when it comes back to buying
17:05well for the record I'm proud of you what for behaving like a decent human being for change
17:10just one that was in there somewhere
17:14any news uh nothing so far well Tony radio to say the local search is going to camp out there
17:19tonight so that I'm wasting time coming back but that's about it that's the irony or the
17:25punishment maybe just when I decided to turn over any leaf to make it up to Bell I may never
17:30get the
17:30chance no you will it's okay I better get going why don't you say we're going to be here for
17:35a few
17:35hours yet oh no Dan I can't just call me if there's any changes though okay Amanda um look I'm
17:41about to
17:41nick back in and make everyone some tea uh do you want to join us there's a date for second
17:46chances come on
17:47I've been trying to convince her to stay with us but you know you know come on you're not going
17:51back
17:51home by yourself come on girlie no argument come on with me
18:01I'm glad to see you sitting still for once today what are you doing back I thought you were sleeping
18:05out again like you did last night when you guys heard there's bushfires are broken out down to the
18:10border what's that got to do with us well they need extra manpower down there and the police have
18:14made the decision that our search be scaled back what what they can't do that for a few days I
18:20know
18:20that they're sending people where they think they're going to be most needed when I tried to
18:23argue but that's ridiculous you said scaled back what's left of our search part the police
18:31aren't calling it a rescue anymore as far as they're concerned it's now a body recovery mission
18:59hey what are you doing back here I thought you were staying at the surf club
19:02um no there's um there's been some news
19:08they found them
19:12scanning back the search
19:13what why
19:16oh there's fires broke out down south and
19:19there ain't extra people down there and tony
19:22tried to convince them but
19:23i'm sorry
19:33see these
19:36these were mums
19:37she um
19:40she'd hold them in her hands and and say a prayer whenever times got tough
19:46and she swore by them
19:52i tried leah
19:54i tried praying for them and i really hoped that it would work
19:59that it would give me some peace
20:02but i was right the first time
20:05hope might work for everybody else but it doesn't work for me it never has
20:08i just i feel so
20:12empty
20:15i could sit and pray forever and it would never give me any
20:19reason to why this had to happen
20:22why kim had to be taken from me why my mum had to die
20:26it's just lies
20:30i could pray for the rest of my life
20:32it's not going to bring him back
20:34or mum
20:38no
20:40if there was a god if he did exist
20:44no he wouldn't have taken them from me in the first place
20:48why would he want anyone to suffer like this
20:51why would he want someone to feel so empty
21:01i love him so much
21:12they're giving up hope
21:14thanks to you six people have lost their lives
21:17but is there a chance they'll find them
21:19this is a body recovery mission
21:21it's far too soon to be making a decision like that
21:23tomorrow
21:24they're not going to find them alive
21:25and we don't know that
21:26you will find out if they're alive
21:29home and away at seven