> 'None of this is making sense': First responders recall first impressions of Oso landslide
'None of this is making sense': First responders recall first impressions of Oso landslide
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When the emergency call came in the morning of March 22, 2014, rescue teams had no idea what they would soon be up against.
The Snohomish County search and rescue air unit was the first to get an aerial view of the destruction of the Oso landslide, which killed 43 people.
Ten years later, three of the team members recalled what it was like that day and some of the friendships forged during that harrowing time.
Helicopter pilot Steve Klett said it was about to be a typical training day with rehearsals in the hanger when the call came in.
“I think everyone was loaded up and we were just about ready to start when Deputy Bergstrom came out of the office and advised us of a report of a barn in the middle of Highway 530 with somebody in the barn yelling for help,” Klett said.
READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/oso-landslide/oso-landslide-rescues/281-f1ec7926-f570-400a-b44a-26d53f5b3756