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>> WOW.
LET'S GO TO BILL WEIR IN
DARRINGTON, WASHINGTON.
NOT OFTEN YOU SEE SOMEONE IN
THIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY BREAKING
DOWN IN TEARS IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
HOW ARE PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING TO
ABLE TO STAY POSITIVE?
>> Reporter: OH, WELL, IT IS THE
TIGHTNESS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT
ALLOWS THEM TO, YOU KNOW, CRY ON
EACH OTHERS' SHOULDERS.
POSITIVITY IS HARD TO COME BY,
TO BE HONEST, BROOKE.
IT HAS BEEN OVER 100 HOURS, A
LONG TIME.
FOUR LONG DAYS SINCE THEY FOUND
ANY SIGNS OF LIFE ON THE HUGE
PILE OF DEBRIS THERE.
SO YEAH, IT IS THE LITTLE
THINGS.
IT IS GUYS TALKING ABOUT I FOUND
A WEDDING DRESS IN THAT MUD AND
BROUGHT IT OUT.
OR I FOUND A DIPLOMA, A
YEARBOOK, A PILE OF TOYS, AND
FOR LACK OF A HUMAN BEING TO
MOURN AND TO LIE IN STATE, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE TO
CLING TO.
THE CLERGY HERE, YOU KNOW, THEY
LIKE TO POINT THINGS TO THE
AFTERLIFE, SAY THERE'S HOPE
BEYOND THIS LIFE.
SO THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE PEOPLE OF
FAITH ARE CLINGING TO THAT
REALLY.
>> I WAS TALKING TO A GEOLOGIST
EARLIER WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE TERRAIN AND THE HAZARDS, YOU
KNOW, HOW RESCUE CREWS ARE
SINKING AS YOU DESCRIBED THE
MUD, THE MUCK.
IT IS EVEN DIFFICULT AS WE
POINTED OUT, THERE ARE BODIES
FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
RECOVER AND THEY CAN'T GET TO
THEM.
>> Reporter: RIGHT, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A
LOT ABOUT THE MISSING PLANE.
THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS LOOKING AT
A MILLION SQUARE MILES OF OCEAN
AND WONDERING WHERE THEIR LOVED
ONE IS.
THE SENTIMENT IS NOT DIFFERENT
HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SQUARE
MILE THAT THEY FEEL THEY'RE SO
CUT OFF FROM AND CAN'T GET TO
THAT MOTHER, THAT FATHER, THAT
SPOUSE IN MANY CASES.
WE JUST SAW, STARTING TO SEE AN
EVOLUTION OF THE PARADE OF
EQUIPMENT THAT GOES DOWN HIGHWAY
530 HERE.
WE SAW A MASSIVE BULLDOZER.
THIS HAS GONE FROM HOVERCRAFT
SEARCHING THE SURFACE, HAD
HELICOPTERS, THEN SHOVELS AND
BARE HANDS TO DIG THROUGH.
NOW THEY'RE GETTING IN THERE
WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
WE EXPECT AS A RESULT THE
CURRENT DEATH TOLL OF 24 TO GO
UP.
THERE'S HOPE IT DOESN'T GO INTO
TRIPLE DIGITS.
STILL A LOT OF UNACCOUNTED FOR,
A LOT OF DETECTIVES WORKED
MISSING PERSON CASES OVER THE
YEARS TRYING TO KNOCK THE CASE
DOWN BY FINDING SOME PEOPLE THAT
MAY JUST BE OUT OF TOWN AND NOT
ACTUALLY LOST.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS COULD