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ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO TRY TO
STAY STRONG.
OUR GARY TUCHMAN IS THERE.
>> Reporter: IRENE KUNTZ
REMINISCES ABOUT HER LITTLE
SISTER.
>> I REMEMBER PLAYING WITH HER
WHEN SHE WAS A BABY.
LIKE A DOLL.
>> Reporter: HER SISTER, LINDA
McPHERSON, WAS ONE OF THE
VICTIMS OF THE WASHINGTON STATE
LANDSLIDE.
HER BODY WAS FOUND HOURS AFTER
THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED.
LINDA LIVED NEXT DOOR TO HER
NIECE AND NEPHEW WHO THANKFULLY
WERE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE WHEN THE
LANDSLIDE HAPPENED.
THIS IS WRECKAGE FROM THEIR
HOUSE.
LINDA WAS NEXT DOOR WITH HER
HUSBAND MACK AT THE TIME.
HE WAS HURT BUT WILL SURVIVE.
>> WHAT KIND OF SISTER WAS
LINDA?
>> OH, MY GOSH.
SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT SISTER.
SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE IF YOU
NEEDED ANYTHING.
SO WAS SO NONJUDGMENTAL.
>> Reporter: IRENE AND HER
HUSBAND RALPH LIVED 15 MINUTES
AWAY.
THEY GOT THE AWFUL NOW IN A
PHONE CALL FROM THEIR SON.
IRENE TRIES NOT TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT HER SISTER EXPERIENCED.
>> I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
IN MY DARKEST MOMENTS, IF THAT
COMES INTO MY THOUGHTS I DON'T
GO THERE.
BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT SHE
WENT THROUGH.
>> Reporter: ON THE DAY AFTER
THE LANDSLIDE, FAMILY MEMBERS
WENT BACK TO LINDA'S NIECES AND
NEPHEW'S HOME TO TRY TO RECOVER
A SAY.
IT WAS THERE THEY FOUND
SOMETHING ELSE EXTREMELY
VALUABLE.
I WATCH WITH IRENE THE VIDEO A
FRIEND SHOT OF THE RECOVERY OF
THE FAMILY DOG WHO WAS THOUGHT
TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.
>> THIS IS BUDDY.
>> THAT'S BUDDY.
>> Reporter: A CHOCOLATE
LABRADOR BURIED UNDER MUD AN
RUBBLE FOR A DAY AND A HALF
WHOSE SURVIVAL IS INCREDIBLY
MEANINGFUL TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
HAVE SUFFERED SO MUCH.
LIKE SO MANY HERE IN THIS PART
OF WASHINGTON STATE.
>> HE WAS SAVED BECAUSE HE'S
GOING TO HELP US GET THROUGH