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- [Clinton] You don't ever
expect the worst things

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to happen when you're doing
something that is so good.

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The Marine Corps is always known

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for killing and breaking things,
but we were doing something

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that was truly helping
the people around us.

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(helicopter thrumming)

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(gentle music)

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- Said before, Hug was
just a very light hearted,

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he didn't take anything too seriously.

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Give him a task, he's gonna get it done

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and he was always, always positive,

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just an ideal Marine to
have working for you.

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- Very quiet, reserved,
introverted, goofy, silly,

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very devoted to family, his
family was his best friends

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and, when he joined the Marines,
being away from his family,

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the Marines kind of became his family

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and in turn his friends.

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Loved books, carried a book
with him everywhere he went,

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he took them everywhere.

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- Sara was just a sweetheart, man.

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You know, people don't normally
say that about Marines,

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but she was just incredible,
she just had a heart

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for everyone around her.

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It showed in everything that she did.

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She was able to just put
herself in a position

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where she could help
the Marines around her

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and she spent a lot of her
time in the young Marines

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around her and it showed
in everything that she did.

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- Tonight in Nepal desperation is turning

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to despair as more violent
aftershocks rattle that region.

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For the first time we're
seeing dramatic video

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from near the top of the world.

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(peaceful music)

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- We went in thinking that
it was gonna be pretty calm

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there and a lot of what we were gonna do

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was just going to be documenting
the relief operations.

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- Work through situations, we
had to do stuff immediately.

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It had to be a turn of
imagery, it was just happening

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as soon as we hit the ground.

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The Marines that were on that
team were personally picked

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because we knew how competent they were

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and two of the Marines
that we specifically picked

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for that mission were Lance Corporal Hug

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and Corporal Medina.

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(haunting music)

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- He told us that he
would probably be going

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and it wasn't until actually
his birthday on May 6th

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that they were finally, got approval

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and shipped out to go over to Nepal.

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- It was really a kind
of a dream team out there

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of everybody that we had, even
more so with Hug and Medina,

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and they worked their butts off out there.

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They constantly, everything we gave them

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they went into it with a positive attitude

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and they were extremely
excited to be out there.

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That was the first real-world experience

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that they'd ever been a part of.

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- They had very primitive
sleeping on location,

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there just wasn't
anywhere for them to stay

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but he found a way to get
a phone and get a call out

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and speak to his mom
and speak to me as well.

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He made sure that he wished
his mom a happy Mother's Day

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and it was the last time
I think we talked to him.

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(dramatic music)

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- With more breaking news out
of earthquake-ravaged Nepal.

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- Marine Corps helicopter
missing in Nepal.

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- It vanished today while
performing a relief mission

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in the rugged mountains of Nepal.

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(helicopter thrumming)
(gentle music)

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- I had saw breaking news
article were post on Facebook

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that there was a missing helicopter

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and in my gut I knew and he
actually tried to convince me,

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"No, why would Jake,
Jake's a videographer.

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"Why would he be on a helicopter?"

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and I kept telling him,
"I'm just telling you

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"I know he's on there,
I know he's on there."

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- I think it was in the morning

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and I remember somebody yelling

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across the COC that
they had found wreckage

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of a downed aircraft
and that was the moment

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where obviously everybody
knew what aircraft that was

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and everybody knew it wasn't good.

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- There are no chances of any survivors

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in the crash of a U.S. Marine helicopter.

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- Because of the nature of the wreckage,

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it is unlikely that there are
any survivors at this time.

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(stately music)

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- And a little after four in the afternoon

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the Marines showed up at
our door to let us know

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and, when I opened the door,
the first thing I said to them

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was, "I know why you're
here," and it was just.

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He didn't die on the battlefield,
he died helping people

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and the last name, he said Hug,

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and that it was the most
hug-like thing he's ever heard.

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You know, that's just the way Jake was,

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always wanting to help other
people and do for other people.

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- Jake and Sara were
part of one of the teams

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that I was the most proud
of in my entire career

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and what they were able to
do and how hard they worked

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to support their team
but to support the people

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around them was just,

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it's what personified
being a combat cameraman

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was all about, that's
what it was all about.

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(gentle music)