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>> Reporter: RISKING LIFE AND
LIMB, RESCUERS PULLED THE BODIES
OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE SAME
FAMILY.
ALL CRUSHED UNDER BOULDERS THE
SIZE OF CARS.
HERE IN THE LARGE DEBRIS AREA
ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF A
FOOTBALL FIELD.
>> YOU SEE THE STEEPEST OF THE
SLOPE.
YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THE
BOULDERS.
THIS WAS A RICKY, RISKY
OPERATION.
>> Reporter: THE ONLY SURVIVOR,
13-YEAR-OLD GRACIE JOHNSON
PULLED BY A FIRST RESPONDER.
>> HE DID NOT SEE GRACIE AT
FIRST.
BUT HE HEARD SOMEBODY SCREAMING
AND HE SAW HAND STICKING OUT OF
THE ROCKS.
AND WHEN HE HEARD HER SCREAM, HE
WAS ABLE TO START DIGGING.
>> Reporter: GRACIE IS NOW IN
THE HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN LEG.
ANNIE YATES IS A FAMILY FRIEND.
>> I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE STILL
HERE FOR YOUR BROTHER AND FOR
YOUR FAMILY.
AND YOU'RE JUST A MIRACLE.
EVERYONE HAS FAITH IN YOU.
THAT'S IN YOUR NAME.
>> Reporter: GRACIE'S MIDDLE
NAME, FAITH.
THE MIRACLE OF HER SURVIVAL
CELEBRATED OUTSIDE THE HIGH
SCHOOL WHERE HER PARENTS BOTH
COACHED.
IN THIS SMALL TOWN, DUANE AND
DONNA JOHNSON WERE DEEPLY
ROOTED.
DUANE, AN ELECTRICIAN, COACHED
FOOTBALL PART TIME.
DONNA WAITED TABLES AT TWO
RESTAURANTS TO SUPPORT HER
FAMILY.
BUT STILL HAD TIME TO HELP COACH
TRACK.
THEIR DAUGHTER, GRACIE'S SISTER,
WAS ALSO KILLED, WAS A SENIOR
HERE.
THE TWO NEPHEWS, PARIS AND
BEIGEON WERE VISITING FROM
MISSOURI.
THEY DECIDED TO GO HIKING THAT
MORNING ON THE POPULAR TRAIL
RECOMMENDED IN GUIDE LOOKS FOR
CHILDREN.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS
RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND FREEZING
TEMPERATURES LOOSENED THE
MASSIVE BOULDERS AND TRIGGERED
THE SLIDE.
THE REASON GRACIE IS ALIVE, HER
FATHER SAW THE BOULDERS COMING.
>> GRACY TOLD THE RESCUING
DEPUTY, HOME RUN FATHER SHIELDED
HER FROM THE BOULDERS.
AND PUSHED HER OUT OF THE WAY.
>> DOESN'T SURPRISE ME ONE BIT.
DUANE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE
FOR YOU.
AND HE DIDN'T KNOW YOU.
IF YOU WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HIM
AND HE SAW IT COMINGERING WOULD
HAVE DONE THE SAME THING FOR
YOU.
>> A GENTLE HEART, THE HIGH
SCHOOL EXPECTED TO HAVE A
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TONIGHT.
A THOUSAND PEOPLE FROM THIS
TOWN, ABOUT HALF THE POPULATION
OF THIS PLACE, IS EXPECTED TO
SHOW UP HERE AT THE FOOTBALL