Against the Wild Page #2

Don't worry, guys.

This plane was built

to land on water,

and the lake's just ahead of us.

Guys, prepare for impact!

Zach.

Zach, are you okay?

Are you okay?

I think so.

Are you okay?

I'm okay. Charlie!

- Charlie!

Charlie!

Charlie!

We have to get out of here.

Can you undo your seat belt?

Yeah.

I can't get the door open.

It won't move.

Try kicking it

with both feet.

Get down on our backs,

okay? Ready?

On three.

One, two, three.

- We did it.

- Okay, let's go.

- Come on, Chinook.

- Come on, boy.

Chinook.

Zach...

try your phone.

It's busted.

The radio. Try the radio.

Good idea.

Hello. 10-4.

Come in, good buddy.

It's a plane, Zach,

not a truck.

Well, I don't know

what to say.

Mayday, Mayday.

Is anybody out there?

We need help.

Our plane's crashed.

Zach...

is Charlie...

is he dead?

No. He's breathing.

Charlie, wake up.

Charlie, we need your help.

Charlie, please!

Come on.

Come on, boy.

What's that?

It's the emergency bag

Charlie showed us.

Oh, yeah.

It's got enough food and water

to last us a few days.

So we'll be okay, and they'll

come looking for us, right?

I guess so.

Daddy will come

looking for us.

He'll find us.

But what about Charlie?

He'll wake up soon.

He'll be okay.

No. No, you don't know that.

He needs to go

to the hospital.

Okay, but what can we do?

Well, Charlie said there was

a lake near here, right?

Yeah, Lake Wipissing,

where Daddy's mine is.

Maybe if we find the lake,

we can find Dad's mine.

We can find Dad.

And if we find Dad, we can

tell him about Charlie...

before it's too late.

But shouldn't we stay here?

I don't know.

No, we should help Charlie.

Hey.

We should leave

the rest of the stuff

in the emergency bag

for Charlie.

Yeah. I'll do it.

No. I'll do it.

Bye, Charlie.

Which way do we go?

Well, Charlie was trying

to get to the lake,

and he flew in that way,

obviously.

So we follow the line,

and we should

get to the lake.

Yeah.

Ackerman Mines.

Robert Wade's office.

Search and Rescue

just called.

They received a distress call

from Charlie's plane.

Then it fell off the radar.

Okay. I've updated

the third-quarter results

for the Markdale Steel account.

Oh, hang on a second, Dave.

I've got another call

coming in.

- Hello.

- Hey, Susan. It's me.

Hi.

Kids get there okay?

Susan, there's a...

there's a problem.

Search and Rescue received

a distress call

from the plane, and then

they lost contact with it.

What do you mean they lost

contact? What does that mean?

We don't know

what happened yet.

Search and Rescue's

on their way right now.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

I should have

been with them.

I mean, Hannah wanted me

to come with them.

Can you get yourself

to Goose Bay?

Will you be able to drive?

Yeah, yeah. I'm coming.

I'm on my way.

I'm going to have a plane

waiting for you, okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

Come on, boy.

- Need a hand?

- Yeah.

Whew.

Zach, slow down.

I'm so tired.

All right, let's take

a little break.

Lie down.

Okay, down, boy.

Hey, hey, hey, lie down.

Lie down.

Zach, don't drink so much.

We don't know how long

the water has to last.

Hannah, relax. We're going

to a lake, remember?

We'll have

all the water we need.

We're not there yet. We have to

be careful we don't run out.

Are you sure we're still heading

in the right direction?

Yeah, pretty sure.

I was following the sun,

but it's kind of hard

to see it right now.

What do you mean?

Are we lost?

No, we're not lost.

We're just not exactly sure

where we're going.

Maybe this isn't

such a good idea.

I think we should go back to

the plane and wait with Charlie.

There is no way

we can get back there.

So we don't know

where we're going,

and we don't know

where we came from.

That sure sounds

like we're lost to me.

We're not lost.

All I need to do is

just find a clearing,

and I'll know

where I'm going.

Where did you learn

to do that?

Cub Scouts.

That doesn't fill me

with confidence.

"That doesn't

fill me with confidence. "

Zach, what are you doing?

He's thirsty.

He's spilling it

all over the place.

He's a dog.

Zach!

Come on, boy.

- Zach.

- We'll find the lake.

We'd better.

They're here, Robert.

Hi. I'm Robert Wade.

Captain Walker,

Mountain Search and Rescue.

This is Sergeant McCoy.

- Hey.

- Hi.

This is Bill Peters,

my aviation manager.

- Pleased to meet you.

- Hi, Bill.

So what can you tell us?

Well, our best guess

is that the plane

went down

about 50 miles from here,

to the south, obviously.

Our problem is

that we can't tell

how far off course the pilot

might have strayed.

So, "best guess," does that mean

that you can't pinpoint

exactly where the plane

went down?

We could,

depending on the ELT.

That's the emergency

locator transmitter.

It sends out an automatic

distress signal.

It's g-force-activated on

impact.

The newer ELTs are digital.

They carry detailed information

about the aircraft and the owner,

and they give

precise GPS coordinates.

The exact location

can sometimes be pinpointed

in as little as five minutes.

Well, Charlie had one of those

on his plane, didn't he?

No, Robert, we're still using

the analog ELTs.

What?

That technology is outdated.

The signal is no longer

detectable by satellite,

only ground-based receivers,

and that's if they're near one.

Why didn't you upgrade

the planes, Bill?

I've been fighting with Ackerman

on this for years.

The analog ELTs are still legal.

You know the old man.

He's never going to cough up

for new ones

until he's forced to.

Well, you should have

come to me.

It wouldn't

have been any use.

Gentlemen, please.

I'm sorry, Bill.

I know it's not your fault.

Okay.

Charlie and the kids...

what are their chances?

Well, our best-case scenario

is that they had

a successful water landing.

We know they've got

enough supplies in the plane

to last them

until we find them.

But if they went down

in the forest...

well, sometimes

there are survivors.

We're establishing a base camp

about a mile from here,

we're gathering a team

to coordinate the search effort,

and a helicopter is being

brought in from Goose Bay.

Okay, how long

is that going to take?

Three to four hours.

My kids are out there.

- I understand, Mr. Wade...

- No, you don't.

Now, I have a chopper here.

It'll be dark soon,

and our helicopter

has thermal-imaging

equipment.

We can see people on the ground

right through the trees.

Well, I'm sure it's going

to come in very handy

when it finally gets here,

but for now,

we're going to go looking

for my kids.

Yeah. Okay.

I don't see any clearing.

Do you?

- We'll find one.

- What's wrong with Chinook?

He's thirsty, just like me.

Well, you're not getting

any of my water,

'cause you wasted all yours.

I know, Chinook. She's mean.

Wait a minute.

Chinook, boy, you thirsty?

You want a drink?

Huh? You want a drink?

- You don't need to tease him.

- I'm not. I saw this dog on TV

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