Catastrophe Eruption at Pinatubo (script)

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++:++:++:+* #S volcanic eruption )lasting its 5ay into history

5ith unimagina)le -orce.

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6t 5ill prove t5ice as catastrophic as the eruption that

)uried the ancient city o- Pompeii>ten times the si3e o-

ount Saint Helens>the largest volcanic eruption ever

-ilmed.

+*:++:'':*? People take re-uge in cave

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1nd one o- the most destructive o- all time.

7ack to eruption

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ount Pinatu)o in the Philippines@ June *,@ *AA*.

#S people in cars trying to -lee

eruption

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1nd caught in this cataclysm o- natureBmen and 5omen

5ho 5ill live or die )y their science...or their -aith.

4ruption

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(heir lives measured in secondsBagainst an attack the

earth has taken centuries to prepare.

+*:++:?%:*' 7ack to re-ugees in cave

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4ruption /

Survivors in cave amid dead )odies

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en and 5omen 5ho 5ill discover )oth ho5 small they

are...and ho5 )ig they can )e...5hen -aced 5ith a

catastrophe.

(o )lack

+*:++:,%:*? 'S mtn. range

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2eep in the dark heart o- the Philippines lies a small anundistinguished peak.

+*:+*:+?:+A #S mtn. peak

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Cnce it 5as a volcano>.one o- the )iggest the 5orld has

ever seen.

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7ut -or -ive centuries@ ount Pinatu)o has )een dormant>

+*:+*:*,:+A #S city tra--ic

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>ignored )y the hundreds o- thousands o- 0ilipinos in th

to5ns and cities that have gro5n up in its shado5.

+*:+*:'?:'+ (ri)al music@ dancing


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(he 1etas cele)rate and 5orship ount Pinatu)o.

+*:+*:&D:+& 1s a)ove

E/6 on mtn. peak

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8ike all her tri)e@ 0lor 2ela !ru3 )elieves that 1po alla

Bthe god o- all thingsBlives inside the mountain.


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+*:+':'D:*+ #S lava sur-ace

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(itanic -orces are at play...)ut -ar a)ove@ on the -ragile sur-ace@

-e5 have any idea they are living on top o- a volcano.

Steam vents a)ove ground

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(henBon the morning o- 1pril '@ *AA*Bcomes the -irst

5arning o- an apocalypse.

1erial o- steam

(ri)al people

+*:+':?':'+ 7ack to eploding steam /

'S tri)al people react@ run

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1 series o- small eplosions rock the remote summit o-

Pinatu)o.

WS steam plume I P/C

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7ut the 1etas are the only people to see the eplosions an

the plumes o- steam.

1s a)ove@ reveal kids looking@ pointing

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Pinatu)oFs 5arning has no 5itnesses ecept those 5ho

5orship it.

+*:+&:+*:** 0lor on"cam.

*lor ,ela Cru S1nc (translate.):

(he people 5ere terri-ied 5hen they sa5 the eplosions o

the mountain.

'S red skyline

*lor ,ela Cru V (translate.):

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(hat night there 5as a red light on top o- the mountain.


6t looked like )lood 5as coming out.

+*:+&:*,:*% Re"creation " 0lor 4mma set out

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(he net morning@ the 1etas descri)e 5hat they have seen

to a local nunBSister 4mma 0ondevilla.

High5ay /

River per traveling vehicle PC#

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She sets o-- -or the lo5lands 5ith 0lor 2ela !ru3 as an

eye5itness@ determined to report the eplosions to the

government authorities.

+*:+&:&&:'+ (raveling seK. continues@ as )us arrives

institute

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(hey travel to anila@ ,, -ive miles south>passing -rom

one 5orld to another.

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0inally@ they come to the Philippine 6nstitute o-

#olcanology and Seismology.

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+*:+&:?A:** Re"creation continues: 6nside institute@

4mma 0lor 5alking thru hall /

#S ' 5omen meet 5/ Ray

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Sister 4mma convinces a skeptical sta-- to let her and 0lo

meet their director: 5orld"reno5n volcanologist@ 2r. Ray

Punong)ayan.

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Ray may )e an internationally respected scientist@ )ut heFs

5orking in a (hird World country.+*:+?:+,:' :Ray listening

:Ray 5/ graphs in hand /

:!L 0lor

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(he -e5 seismographs he has are tied upBmonitoring

another volcano to the south o- anila.

:4mma@ E/6 /:!L Ray

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Why should he heed the -ears o- a superstitious tri)e 5ho)elieve their god is angryM

:ore 4mma 0lor Ray

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Pinatu)o a5aits his decision.

+*:+?:'D:+* ap o- Pinatu)o@ E/6

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6- he ignores this 5arning@ he 5onFt get another chance.

#S chopper in -light

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He orders one o- his seismic teams to the summit.

+*:+?:&D:' Steam plumes per chopper PC#

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0rom the air@ they see the smoking vents descri)ed )y 0lo

2ela !ru3.

!hopper team lands

Re"enactment seK. continues: #S team

collecting seismograph data on ground

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1nd 5hen they land@ the -irst -lickers o- their seismograph

tell them something is stirring 5ithin this long"dead

volcano.

+*:+?:,&:*A 1s a)ove

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Cver the net '? hours@ they detect more than '++ separat

earthKuakes.

+*:+,:+&:** (ilt up 5ater to venting volcano arr:

Pinatu)o is coming to li-e.

+*:+,:+D:+? 'S steam vents arr:

(he earthKuakes could )e caused )y the geothermal

movement o- steam and superheated 5ater.

#olcano graphic

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7ut Ray Punong)ayanFs instinct tells him there are other

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+*:+,:'*:' 1nimation seK.:

Ring o- -ire to Pinatu)o arr:

He kno5s that the Philippines lies on the Nring o- -ireOBa

vast arc encircling the Paci-ic Ccean...home to most o- the

5orldFs volcanoes.

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2eciding 5hether one o- themBount Pinatu)oBiscoming to li-e 5ill )e a poker game o- science versus

nature@ 5here the stakes are li-e and death>

+*:+,:?*:+ 1nimation seK. continues:

Sho5 to5ns@ lo5lands@ military )ase arr:

>not only -or the '+@+++ 1etas living on the mountain

itsel-@ )ut also -or the hundreds o- thousands o- 0ilipinos i

the to5ns and cities o- the surrounding lo5lands.

arr:

1ndBust *, miles -rom the summitBthe largest L.S.

military )ase on -oreign soil:

+*:+,:,D:'' 2is. to aerial o- air )ase arr:

!lark 1ir 7ase>

Jet takes o-- R"8

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>home to *%@+++ 1merican servicemen and their -amilie

and )illions o- dollars o- military hard5are.

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1erial city /

7ack to venting steam on Pinatu)o

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6n all@ nearly a million livesB0ilipino and 1mericanB5i

depend on RayFs a)ility to out"guess one o- the great -orc

o- nature.

+*:+%:'*:*, Ray on"cam.

Ra1 'unonga1an V to S1nc:

1 volcano is not an enemy or an adversary itFs something

that you try to )e-riend@ in -act.

C/S man looking at seismograph data Ra1 'unonga1an V:

1nd try to understand 5hat it is@ 5hat itFs going to do.

!Ls seismograph activity

Ra1 'unonga1an V:

(hen you have to read the signals properly@ and i- you -ail

to do that@ then you lose in the game.

+*:+%:?*:+, #ar. volcanic eruptions


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Seismographic data

arr:

1nd there are -e5 seismic detectives 5ho can success-ull

track these killers -rom the deep earth.

+*:+%:,:*' #enting mtn.

#S Ray re"enactor o--ice arr:

Ray kno5s that a volcanic eruption cannot )e stopped@ )u

it can )e escaped.

#S steaming volcano arr:

6- Pinatu)o is on the )oil@ it 5ill )e his o) to say 5hen itF

going to )lo5>and he 5ill only get one chance.

+*:+:*:+ (ri)al people I Pan 8"R arr:

6- he calls an evacuation too early@ those ordered out o- th

danger 3one 5ill come )ack.

'S city tra--ic

arr:

1nd i- he calls it too late@ hundreds o- thousands may die.

+*:+:':*+ 7ack to re"enactment o- seismograph

team site

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0or days his team tracks the earthKuakes s5arming deep

)eneath the mountain.

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7ut their eKuipment is outdated.

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7ack to Ray re"enactor o--ice

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(he 0ilipinos need help@ and Ray kno5s 5here to -ind it.

+*:+:?*:+A !hris re"enactor o--ice@ talking on

phone

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!hris e5hall o- the Lnited States Geological Survey in

Washington is an old -riend@ and a volcanologist.

#S high"tech eKuip.


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Chris ehall V to S1nc:

We 5ere acutely conscious o- the -act that there had )een

no eruption at Pinatu)o -or ,++ years.

+*:+D:'&:*D Scenic mtn. valley@ P/C Chris ehall V:

1nd many@ many@ many people@ perhaps even a maority@

dou)ted that it 5as even a volcano.

arr:

Ray and his team kno5 Pinatu)o is a volcanoB)ut 5hat

kind and ho5 dangerousM

0iery volcanic eruptions

Scientist volcano site

arr:

While some volcanoesBlike auna 8oa and 9ilauea in

Ha5aiiBrelease -ree"-lo5ing rivers o- lava@ the mostcatastrophic type o- eruptions are eplosive.

+*:+D:?D:*, #S ash eruptions arr:

ountain loads o- magma that detonate suddenly and

usually 5ithout 5arning.

arr:6nstead o- lava@ eplosive volcanoes hurl out massive

pyroclastic -lo5s>super"heated tidal 5aves o- rock and

ash.

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Chris ehall V:

6tQs a hot hurricane or hot )last o- rock and ash and gas.

Chris ehall V:

1nd 5e kno5 enough a)out pyroclastic -lo5s to kno5 th

virtually no)ody survives.

+*:+A:'*:'+ Ray !hris re"enactors 5ork "

Studying materials arr:

Ray and !hris study aerial photographs to plot the

-ootprint o- Pinatu)oFs last eruption.

1nimation

arr:

(hey are shocked )y 5hat they see in the maps and the

ancient geological record: an eplosive volcano as )ig as

any in history.

Chris ehall V:

6 think the oh@ my God moment came very early.

+*:+A:??:*' !hris on"cam. Chris ehall V to S1nc:

We could see straight a5ay the kind o- eplosive eruption

that had occurred in the past -rom Pinatu)o 5ere o- thesame order o- magnitude as 5hat had occurred at 9rakato

in *DD&.

+*:+A:,:+' 9rakatoa seK.

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9rakatoaBa remote 6ndonesian islandB)le5 up in *DD&@

and remains the deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded

history.

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(he detonation 5as heard &@+++ miles a5ay and created a

tsunami *++ -eet high that dro5ned &%@+++ people.+*:*+:*:*+ #S canyon aerials

arr:

1nd in Pinatu)oFs eroded canyons@ Ray and !hris -ind

evidence o- a 9rakatoa"si3ed eruption.

arr:

Pyroclastic -lo5s that once incinerated and )uried the landunder !lark 1ir 7ase.

!ity aerial@ Pinatu)o )/g

arr:

!ould it )e capa)le o- such a cataclysm againM

+*:*+:&D:+* Seismographic data

7!L -ace

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(he seismographs trace a veiled )ut deadly threat.

#S people

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1 million lives hang in the )alance.

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Steaming volcano

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1 million un5itting souls dependent on ust a -e5.

(o )lack

+*:*+:,&:*& #S re"enactment o- Ray team

5ork

arr:

Ray and his team are intensely 5orried a)out Pinatu)oFs

a5esome past.

arr:

1nd the seismologists continue to detect clusters o-

earthKuakes deep )eneath the sur-ace.

(ri)al people Iprayer ceremony

arr:

1s Ray 5eighs the threat@ high on the mountain itsel-@ the

1etas pray to appease the ancient spirit o- Pinatu)o...the

spirit they call 1po allari.

+*:**:'':*' #S logging

arr:

(hey )elieve that the reason -or his -ury is the 5idespread

logging and geothermal drilling o- Pinatu)o@ 5hich the

1etas have )een -ighting -or decades.

0lor on"cam. *lor ,ela Cru S1nc (translate.):We did not do enough to de-end the mountain.


We let the lo5landers come and try to destroy it.

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(hat is 5hy 1po allari 5as so angry 5ith us.

+*:**:?,:+D 7ack to tri)al ceremony

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7ut no5@ the 1etas must choose )et5een their angry god

and their government.

Graphic o- evacuation area

arr:

Ray has ordered an evacuation o- the immediate area

around the summit.

+*:*':++:*+ 4vacuation seK.

arr:

Cnly the 1etas are e--ectedB)ut to them it is heart)reaking

arr:

(o them@ leaving their sacred land also means turning thei

)acks on their god.

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0rom the high slopes@ thousands o- 1etas )egin to trek

do5n the mountain to resettlement camps in the lo5lands

+*:*':'?:*, &2 mtn. graphic /

Re"enactment o- tri)e 5alking R"8

arr:

7ut in a remote ravine on Pinatu)oFs southeast -aceBone

tri)e o- 1etas has decided to stay...and put their -ate in the

hands o- 1po allari.

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+*:*':?*:* 7ack to re"enactment " #S tri)e heads

to cave

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Hiding -rom the army and the air -orce@ 5hose o) it is to

ensure RayFs evacuation order is carried out@ they seek

shelter in a cave.

7ack to volcano team re"enactment

arr:

7ut the Kuakes diminish.

arr:

othing is reading right.

arr:

2eep )eneath the earth@ there is no5 only a sinister silenc

+*:*&:+*:'D WS mtn. a)ove clouds

arr:

6s Pinatu)o ust playing dead...or has it settled )ack into it

centuries"old sleepM

7ack to volcano team

arr:

Has Ray called a -alse alarmM

!ity aerial@ tilt up to volcano

'S huge ash plume

arr:

#olcanoes have claimed countless victims in surprise attack

+*:*&:*D:', #S -loods mud

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7ut there have also )een thousands killed 5ho 5ere

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+*:*&:&%:*+ Rescuers@ victims

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ineteen eighty"-iveBthe city o- 1rmero in !olom)ia is

)uried )y a volcanic -lo5.

arr:

6n the 5eeks and days )e-ore@ scientists told those 5ho

lived here that ount evado del Rui3 5as going to erupt

4rupting mtn.

arr:

7ut neither they nor their government listened.

+*:*&:?A:*? People reading names -rom posted lists

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(5enty"three thousand people died.

Chris ehall V:

evado del Rui3 is etched onto the mind o- every

volcanologist.


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Chris ehall V:

(hey could have actually 5alked to sa-ety.

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I P/C to Ray !hris re"enactors

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Ray Punong)ayan is determined not to let that happen in

his country.

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7ut right@ no5 heFs hanging in the 5ind o- skepticism and

outright dis)elie-.

#S military )ase

arr:

(he L.S. military command at !lark thinks Ray and his

scienti-ic team are over"reacting.

+*:*?:&':*, #S 0ilipino people

arr:

So do many in the 0ilipino government@ 5hich can ill"

a--ord a mass evacuation i- Ray decides to call it.

tn.@ P/C

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1nd as i- to spite him and his team@ Pinatu)o )arely stirs

-or days.

Re"enactment seK.: 'S !hris on phone@

P/C to rest o- team

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1nd !hris is -ighting his o5n )attle 5ith o--icial skepticism

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Washington is threatening to pull the plug on his teamBan

their precious eKuipmentBunless he delivers some clear

ans5ers -ast on 5hether Pinatu)o is really going to )lo5.

Steaming volcano

arr:

He and Ray have to -ind some clear evidence that thereFs

magma rising )eneath Pinatu)o.+*:*,:*+:'+ Re"enact chopper seK.

arr:

(o -ind that proo- means a risky chopper -light...lo5 over

Pinatu)oFs steaming vents.

Steaming volcano

arr:

agma contains highly pressuri3ed sulphur dioide.

!hris re"enactor in chopper

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6- !hris can -ind the gas...heFs -ound the magma )eneath

the sur-ace.

+*:*,:':*' Steaming volcano@ E/6


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7ack to !hris re"enactor

arr:

7ut the chopper is ill"suited to the task...its rotors churn th

air and con-use the detection instruments.

Ra.io:

8etFs drop do5n a )it.

arr:

(aking the chopper any lo5er is dangerousBan

unepected )last o- steam could )ring them do5n.

+*:*,:,,:*D 7ack to steaming volcano arr:

7ut itFs their only chance o- detecting sul-ur dioide.

arr:

(o !hris@ itFs 5orth the risk.

7ack to re"enactment " inside chopper


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+*:*%:&+:++ 7ack to !hris re"enactor in chopper arr:

7ut 5hat he cannot seeBor even guess atBis the

magnitude o- the coming cataclysm.

1nimation seK.:


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2oes Ray let them stay...or does he tell them the time has

come to goM

+*:*:*':** (o )lack

7ack to Ray team re"enactment

+*:*:&':+, !anyon aerial

#S Ray !hris re"enactors

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>or it is )locked and pressuri3ingBa gigantic po5der ke

that could )lo5 catastrophically at any moment.

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Ray has to make the call.

arr:

6s Pinatu)o going up or is it going KuietM

arr:

6t is an a5esome choice to make.

arr:

1n eruption could happen in a day...or a decade.

+*:*:,?:*% Scenic mtn. peak arr:

#olcanoes do not keep the time o- men.

Chris ehall V:

We kno5 the stakes are high.

!hris on"cam.

Chris ehall S1nc:

We donFt kno5 ho5 long the -use is.


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either she nor her -amily )elieve 5hat theyFre hearing

a)out ount Pinatu)o.

arr:

ost days they canFt even see it through the tropical ha3e

+*:*D:,A:'+ 7eng on"cam. /

4vacuation seK.

eng S1nc to V (translate.):

(he government 5as telling all o- us to evacuate.

eng S1nc (translate.):

We could not accept it )ecause 5e had lived there -or so

long@ and 6 5as also eight months pregnant.

+*:*A:*?:'D 7ack to #S air )ase activity

arr:

Crdinary 0ilipinos are reluctant to leave their homes...and

at !lark@ the military is even more hardline against the ide

o- evacuating the )ase.

#S aircra-t in -light

arr:

6ts commanders are not prepared to cut and run until the

scientists can say -or sure 5hen the volcano is going to )lo5

arr:

1ircra-t continue to takeo-- and land on the remnants o-

Pinatu)oFs last eruption as though it never happened.

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6tFs a stand"o-- )et5een the scientists and the soldiers.

!hris talking on (.#.

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Cn the )aseFs closed"circuit (#B!hris e5hall is presse

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1 t5enty"eight thousand -oot plume o- steam erupts into

the atmosphere.

arr:

6t is Pinatu)oFs declaration o- 5ar.

arr:

(he monsterFs attack has )egun.

+*:'+:&+:+, &2 animation

arr:

(he lo5lands are slo5ly emptying...)ut high on the

mountain some plan to stay despite the danger.

Re"enactment o- Sa)it team camp

arr:

Cn Pinatu)oFs 5est -ace@ ust si miles -rom the summit@

seismologist July Sa)it and his team make camp.

arr:

Since the -irst days o- the 1etasF 5arning@ July has )een

RayFs eyes and ears@ radioing vital seismic data to help him

plot the monsterFs movements.

+*:'+:,A:+, Sa)it on"cam. 4ul1 Sait S1nc (translate.):

7y no5@ our seismographs 5ere continuously recording s

many tremors that 6 kne5 it 5as going to erupt.

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4ul1 Sait V (translate.):

We 5ere at the -rontline@ )ut 6 didnFt even think a)out

getting scared.


What mattered to me 5as getting the in-ormation )ack to

Ray Punong)ayan@ so he could 5arn and evacuate those in

danger.

+*:'*:*:+* Jing re"enactment arr:

1t the same mountain campsite is Jing agsaysay@ a

reporter 5ith the PhilippinesF main net5ork.

Jing on"cam.

4ing +agsa1sa1 V to S1nc:

We -elt ecitement@ 5e -elt -ear.

4ing +agsa1sa1 S1nc:

Lm@ )ut 5e had to do it.

7ack to mtn. team re"enactment

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

We had to )e 5here 5e 5ere@ to get the story.

arr:

HeFs covered other volcanic eruptions and is con-ident

heFll )e a)le to pull out 5hen the time comes.

+*:'*:?':'% E/6 on steaming mtn.

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#S cave re"enactment

arr:

Cn and around Pinatu)o@ -ate-ul choices have )een made.

arr:

1nd none are more -ate-ul than )y a group in a remote

cave high on the mountainFs southeast -ace.

+*:'*:,:+& 1s a)ove

arr:

6n all@ there are ?+ -amilies...a 5hole 1etas tri)e...nearly a

hundred people...men ...5omen ...and children.

arr:

Some are here to keep -aith 5ith their god...some )ecause

they do not 5ant to leave their homes...and some )ecause

they )elieve that no matter 5hat is coming@ they 5ill )esa-e in the cave.

+*:'':*:++ Re"enactment o- Se)io -amily

arr:

1 tri)esman named Se)io 5aits...5ith his 5i-e and young

son...-or the udgment o- 1po allariBthe god o- ount

Pinatu)o.

1erial o- air )ase

+*:'':&*:*D 1ir )ase evacuation seK.

arr:

(en miles a5ay@ the military has -inally issued its

evacuation order.

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1t !lark 1ir 7ase@ theyFre recording a constant stream o-

earthKuakesBsometimes at the rate o- one a minute.

arr:

(he pride o- the L.S. 1ir 0orce is )eing deserted.

arr:

0i-teen thousand military personnel and their -amilies leav

+*:'':?A:+ 6nside hospital

Rand on"cam.

Col Ron Ran. V to S1nc:

We 5ere evacuating people 5ho 5ere on li-e support.

edical evacuation seK.

Col Ron Ran. S1nc to V:

We 5ere evacuating in-ants 5ho 5ere in incu)ators and

5ho had tu)es attached to them.

+*:'&:+?:*' #S Rand Ray re"enactment arr:

!olonel Ron Rand is one o- a core group o- o--icers and

men 5ho 5ill stay to guard the )ase.

arr:

o5 only they and the scientists remain.

arr:

(he eruption o- ount Pinatu)o is no longer a matter o- i

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+*:'&:'':*& Ray 5/ media

arr:

1nd Ray kno5s that N5henO could )e any second.

(ilt do5n stra5 roo- to people

arr:

He 5orks around"the"clock...using the media to try to

convince the pu)lic o- Pinatu)oFs clear and present dange

arr:

7ut he kno5s his 5ords o- 5arning are not enough.

+*:'&:&?:+, People 5atching videotape Vi.eotape arr:

(his program 5ill sho5 you the dangerous )ehavior o-

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People react to -tg.

arr:

(his astonishing -ootage has )een taken at o-ten terri)le

personal riskBto eplain the etreme ha3ards o- a volcan

eruption.

7ack to volcano -tg. I ash eruptions@

mud-lo5s

arr:

Pyroclastic -lo5sBtempests o- eploding magma travelin

at up to a hundred miles an hour.

arr:

1nd laharsBterri-ying mud-lo5s@ like unstoppa)le torren

o- )oiling cement.

+*:'?:*%:*+ 7ack to people 5atching video

arr:

(he videotape is copied and sho5n in to5ns and villagesthroughout the Pinatu)o region.

Re"create 7engFs -amily 5atching

video / 'S video -tg. o- erupting

volcano

arr:

0ilipinos like 7eng endo3a and her -amily are -inally

convinced o- the peril they -ace.

+*:'?:&':+% 7ack to #S 7eng -amily re"enactment eng S1nc to V (translate.):What 5e sa5 on (.#. made us very scared.

eng V (translate.):

6 sa5 ho5 many people had )een killed )y volcanoes and

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Seeing those things 5as horri)le.

+*:'?:?%:+' #S evacuation seK.


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+*:',:':'? !loudy sky

arr:

(en days later@ Pinatu)o ans5ers any 5ho may have

dou)ted it.

Huge ash plume

People pointing / 'S ash plume

arr:

1t D:,+ a.m. on (uesday@ June *'th@ it launches an

enormous column o- ash *' miles straight up.

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

o5 5e kne5 5hat 5e 5ere up against.

People 5atching -rom vehicle

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

o5 5e kne5 ho5 huge this thing 5as.

+*:',:,*:+* 7ack to huge ash plume

'S military looking up

Col Ron Ran. V:

HereFs this plumeBunlike anything 6Fve ever seen.

Rand on"cam. /

7ack to ash plume

Col Ron Ran. V to S1nc to V:

Giant@ dark grey@ s5irling@ roiling@ )oiling@ you kno5@ ust

gro5ing as you looked at it and going like a rocket.

Col Ron Ran. V:

When 6 5as a young guy in the 1ir 0orce@ 6 got a ride in a

0?.

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Col Ron Ran. V:

1nd 5e clim)ed to ?&@+++ -eet and it took us t5o minutes

and ?+ seconds.

Col Ron Ran. V:

(his plume rose %+@+++ -eet in one minute.

Rand on"cam. I

1s a)ove " Rand looks up

Col Ron Ran. S1nc:

So youFre standing there looking at it and it 5as like this.

+*:'%:',:*& 7ack to ash cloud arr:

So po5er-ul is the -orce o- the eruption that even its

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arr:

(heyFre -inding more and more 1etas.

arr:

any 0ilipinos )elieve that this is the climactic eruption.

arr:

(his is the )ig one.

+*:':+*:'+ #S )oiling magma

arr:

Ray and the team at !lark kno5 something 5orse.

arr:

(he magma )eneath Pinatu)o is )oiling...gathering

-orce...)ut it has not yet reached the sur-ace.

Huge ash eruption@ P/C

arr:

(his is not Pinatu)oFs main eruption.

arr:

(his is ust the )eginning.

(o )lack

+*:':'*:*A 0ade"in seismographic activity /

'S science team re"enactment

arr:

0or ?D hours near"constant earthKuakes s5arm ever"close

to the sur-ace.

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People reaching hand out to collect ash

arr:

2ense clouds o- ash )last -rom cracks opening in

Pinatu)oFs summit.

ore ash cloud

arr:

(he volcano is priming itsel- -or one o- the greatest

eruptions ever 5itnessed.

+*:':?':*+ !hopper"rescue seK.

arr:

Cn the mountain itsel-@ the Philippines air -orce is still

rescuing small groups o- 1etas.

Re"enactment o- tri)al group travelingR"8

arr:

7ut those )eing -ound and -lo5n to sa-ety are telling their

rescuers o- others 5ho have stayed...a tri)e o- 1etas 5ho5onFt come do5n.

+*:':,A:*& #S people on the move

arr:

Cn the lo5lands@ tens o- thousands o- people are on the

move.

arr:With ash )illo5ing do5n -rom the mountain@ village a-ter

village empties as their inha)itants -lee.

Re"enact 7eng -amily amid mass eodus

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7eng endo3a@ heavily pregnant@ together 5ith her

hus)and and her parents@ are desperate -aces in the mass

eodus.

+*:'D:*:*, ore 7eng -amily amid masses

eng V (translate.):

6t suddenly turned dark and it started raining ash.

eng V (translate.):

6t 5as hard to accept our -ate.

eng V (translate.):

6 5as 5ith my hus)and and my parents@ and 6 5as nine

months pregnant@ and the road 5as very rough.

+*:'D:&&:*? ass eodus continues arr:

She may )e escaping the volcanoB)ut 5ill her un)orn

child survive the ordealM

eng V (translate.):

y stomach 5as )ecoming tight and hard>6 thought 6

5as going to give )irth.

eng V (translate.):

We ust prayed that God 5ill not -orsake us.

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6 ust prayed that 6 5ould deliver my child sa-ely>6 had

-ears the )a)y might not make it.

+*:'D:,,:+ 0ull moon /

agma /

tn. graphic

arr:

1s night -alls@ the darkness around Pinatu)o is )roken )y

the constant cracks o- earthKuakes as the sea o- magma

)uilds up unimagina)le pressure.

2is. to re"enactment o- cave re-ugees

arr:

(here are only hours le-t )e-ore the hell-ire reaches the

sur-ace and )reaks -ree.

+*:'A:*&:*& Pan )ase nighttime 8"R arr:

Just )eyond the -oothills o- Pinatu)o@ the scientists at !lar1ir 7ase 5ait out the night.

#S science team re"enactment

arr:

(he seismographs are steadily 5arning o- a cataclysm eve

greater than they have predicted.

arr:(he tension is intense>everyone is ehausted>.most are

-rightened.

arr:

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+*:'A:&%:', #S Reyes re"enactor arr:

Seismologist Peeay 2elos Reyes is scared )y 5hat sheFs

seeing in the seismic readings.

'eea1 ,elos Re1es V:

0or me@ as -ar as 6Qm concerned@ it 5as something 6 had to

do.

Reyes on"cam. 'eea1 ,elos Re1es S1nc:

(here 5as no choice anymore.


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+*:&+:+D:+D Seismograph data goes cra3y /

Re"enactment team reacts@ go to 5indo5

arr:

(henBat ,:,, amBthe seismographs go o-- the chart.

arr:

6t has )egun.

Sirens

7ack to re"enactment team

arr:

What those le-t at !lark 5itness is almost )eyond imagination

+*:&+:'*:*& 4ruption arr:

(he 5estern hori3on is one giant )oiling cloud o- ash.

arr:

Pinatu)oFs climactic eruption seKuence has started.

Re"enactment team 5atches

7ack -orth )/5 eruption team

arr:

Watching in a5e@ geologist 8eyo 7autista understands the

danger they no5 -ace.

arr:

(hose 5ho have done so much to 5arn others are no5

directly in harmFs 5ay.

$e1o autista V:

(he -irst thing that came to my mind is 6 might not see my

-amily again.

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+*:&+:?D:+? 8eyo on"cam. $e1o autista S1nc:

6Qd )een a5ay -or may)e one"and"a"hal- months already

-rom my house and -rom my -amily and 6 5as 5ondering

5hether 6Qll have the chance to see them again.

+*:&*:+,:*' 7ack to eruption

7icyclist

'S traveling vehicle

7ack to eruption

arr:

0or the net si hours@ Pinatu)o erupts -our more times.

+*:&*:'+:'+ 7lurry vie5

Ra1 'unonga1an V:

2ay )ecame night at three oFclock in the a-ternoon.

Ray on"cam. Ra1 'unonga1an S1nc:

1nd it seems like itFs the end o- the 5orld.

2ark vie5 per video: NJL *, *AA*O 7o8an V:

6t is noon and it looks like midnight out here. ;ou can hea

the sound o- the ash -alling.

+*:&*:&A:** 'S eruption

arr:

4ach )last hurls millions o- tons o- ash into the sky.

arr:

assive clouds o- poison gas )illo5 into the atmosphere.

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arr:

Gales o- volcanic rock rain do5n as -ar as &+ miles a5ay.

People on street

arr:

(he monsterFs -ury is terri-ying.

agma

arr:

(henBat *:?' p.m. on June *,th@ *AA*Bcomes one o- th

single most cataclysmic natural events o- the '+th century

+*:&':*&:'* ore magma

arr:

1 release o- energy '++@+++ times greater than the

Hiroshima atomic )last.

1nimation seK. culminates into

eruption

arr:

1 cu)ic mile@ -ive cu)ic kilometers@ o- magma detonates

straight up...reaching the stratosphere in seconds.

+*:&':&+:*, (ravel out to space PC#

arr:

0rom space@ it looks like a vast nuclear )om) has gone o-

)lacking out the Philippines and the South !hina Sea.

'S huge pyroclastic -lo5

arr:

Pyroclastic -lo5s thunder -or miles in all directions@

epanding as they suck in cold air.

+*:&':?:+A 7illo5ing cloud o- ash

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7illo5ing killer"clouds o- superheated ash and rock.


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0i-teen hundred degrees 0ahrenheit...traveling at a hundre

miles"an"hour>incinerating everything in its path.

+*:&&:&A:*+ 7ack to cave"re"enactment I ash enters

cave@ dead people

arr:

2eath 5hirls through the cave>su--ocating>)urning alive

arr:

7ut in the a-termath o- the in-erno@ a miracle.

+*:&?:+*:++ Re"creation o- surviving Se)io

-amily

arr:

Se)io has survived.

arr:

So has his 5i-e and son.

Se)io on"cam. Seio S1nc (translate.):

4veryone 5as crying@ screaming and praying to God.

7ack to re"enactment

Seio V (translate.):

We 5ere )egging him to spare our lives@ especially the

little children.


We thought 5e 5ere all going to die.

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Cutside the cave@ 6 could see trees )urning.

Huge ash -lo5


(he -ire 5as rolling so -ast that everything it touched

)urned instantly.

+*:&?:&:+? 7ack to cave re"enactment


(he thunder seemed to )e getting louder and louder>it

5as like there 5as 5ar going on inside.

Huge ash -lo5

7ack to cave re"enactment


(hen the ground started shaking and rocks started to -all

inside the cave.

1sh -ills in cave


(hen everything 5as on -ire.

+*:&?:,':*? 7ack inside cave@ people dying

arr:

4ven as others are dying around him@ Se)io is possessed

)y a last desperate inspiration.

arr:

He )uries himsel-@ his 5i-e and son in a pile o- )at guano.

+*:&,:+?:'D Se)io on"cam.

Seio S1nc (translate.):

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7ack to cave re"enactment seK.:

Seio S1nc to V (translate.):

y shirt started to )urn and melt and 6 could -eel it

sticking to my skin.

:Se)io -amily covered in guano


(hen 6 sa5 a pile o- )at droppings on the -loor.


6t 5as as i- some)ody 5as telling me to dig deeper into th

)at guano@ it -elt cooler.

+*:&,:'?:'A :Se)io -amily emerge


6 covered my 5i-e and child 5ith it and then mysel-.


(hatFs 5here 5e stayed the entire time.

arr:

Someho5@ the guano has protected them -rom the -irestorm

+*:&,:&:+A :2ead )odies


1-ter the )last@ there 5as the stench inside the cave.


(he )odies 5ere all charred and )urnt.

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(he children 5ere all dead@ so 5ere the other people.


We 5ere the only survivors no)ody else 5as le-t.

+*:&,:,?:*+ :ore dead )odies Seio V (translate.):

We looked around and there 5ere dead )odies lying all

around us.


1 mother here@ her hus)and near her.


(hey 5ere all piled up.

+*:&%:+D:'D :Se)io -amily


6 5anted to cry@ )ut 6 couldnFt )ecause it hurt so much.


(here 5ere only the three o- us alive in the cave.


1s i- 5e 5ere the only ones chosen )y god to live.

+*:&%:*D:*, 1sh -lo5

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Re"enactment: Jing Sa)it team

arr:

Cn the other side o- the mountain@ reporter Jing agsaysay

and seismologist July Sa)it are a)out to -ace the same horror

+*:&%:':++ Huge ash -lo5 arr:

(hey see a pyroclastic -lo5 rolling to5ard themBhal-"a"

mile high...scorching...unstoppa)le

Jing on"cam.

4ing +agsa1sa1 S1nc:

0rom out o- no5here it seems there 5as this huge dark@

grey cloud coming -rom the volcano.

+*:&%:?':'* 7ack to 'S huge ash -lo5 4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

6t 5as terri-ying.

Re"enact -rantic caravan

arr:

0rantically@ they take to their vehicles...trying to outrun th

in-erno 5hirling to5ard them.


1s 5e 5ere driving a5ay@ 5e 5ere screaming and cursing


(ears 5ere streaming do5n our -aces.

+*:&:+%:+& Re"enactment caravan continues

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Home video -tg. o- -lo5

arr:

1s they speed along the rough ungle track 5ith death at

their heels@ one o- July Sa)itFs cre5 tries to record the

pyroclastic -lo5 5ith a home video camera.

arr:

(his is his actual videotape -ootage.

arr:

7ut is he -ilming their last moments aliveM

+*:&:'':*+ 1s a)ove

arr:

(he -lashes you see on this tape are )olts o- lightning

created )y the superheated air.

arr:

(heir only hope is to reach higher ground.

arr:

7ut i- July takes the 5rong turn@ they 5ill all die.

+*:&:?,:'+ ore ash -lo5

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

6 looked to my right and 6 looked to my le-t@ and 6 see that

the cloud 5as overtaking us on )oth sides.

arr:

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+*:&D:*&:*A #S huge ash clouds

arr:

1round Pinatu)o and across the northern Philippines@ itFs

as i- the under5orld has risen.

+*:&D:'D:'+ #S eruption


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Rand on"cam.

Col Ron Ran. V to S1nc:

Cne o- the geologists told me@ N;ou )etter have some am

in your pockets@ )ecause 5eFre a)out to )e toast.O

'S ash

arr:

(heyFve stayed too long.

arr:

Pyroclastic -lo5s and su--ocating ash"storms are s5eeping

to5ard them across Pinatu)oFs killing -ields.

+*:&A:'D:*' 4vacuation seK.

arr:

1s they take to their vehicles@ not a man or 5oman among

them can -orget that !lark itsel- stands upon the ancient

-lo5s o- Pinatu)oFs last eruption.

arr:

(hen@ one )y one@ the -ield seismographs )et5een them

and the mountain )egin going dead.


(hat 5as the scariest part -or me.

+*:&A:,*:++ Reyes on"cam. 'eea1 ,elos Re1es S1nc:

;ou canQt imagine ho5 it -elt like@ kno5ing that you can )

overrun )y a pyroclastic -lo5.

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1nd the only thing that 5e 5anted to do 5as escape -rom

!lark 1ir 7ase.

arr:

7linded )y ash and caught in a gale o- mud@ they drive

5est.

+*:?+:+D:+, Re"create 8eyo in car traveling seK.

$e1o autista V:

6nside the car@ itQs like 5eFre trapped.

$e1o autista V:

We canFt go out.

arr:

6n her car@ 8eyo 7autista is trying not to panic as she peer

into the impenetra)le darkness.

$e1o autista V:

;ouFre driving at *+ kilometers per hour@ very slo5.

$e1o autista V:

6 reali3ed that i- the volcano decides to eert a )igger

eruption@ then 5e are really going to get -ried.

$e1o autista V:

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+*:?+:&&:'* Raining ash

Re"create Rand in car traveling seK. arr:

Ron Rand loses the rest o- the convoy.

arr:

He is le-t alone to 5onder 5hatFs out there.

+*:?+:?&:** #S raining ash@ people

Col Ron Ran. V:

6 mean@ it 5as everything -rom the utter darkness to the

roaring.

Col Ron Ran. V:

Rocks and stu-- -lying all over the place.

Col Ron Ran. V:

4arth rum)ling -rom continuous earthKuakes.

Col Ron Ran. V:

;ou 5ere getting pelted )y the stu-- coming through the

sky.

+*:?+:,:', Rand on"cam. Col Ron Ran. S1nc:

6 5as )eginning to think 6Fve gotBthis is a -ine mess 6 go

mysel- into no5@ you kno5M

7ack to Rand in car re"creation

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0or a harro5ing hour@ he drives on...trying to -ind the

convoy.

arr:

7ehind him@ pyroclastic -lo5s reach the very gates o- the

)ase.

+*:?*:*,:*% !ar traveling seK. continues

arr:

7ut )y then theyFve made it to sa-ety.

Col Ron Ran. V:

Pinatu)o made me reali3e@ you kno5@ there )ut -or the

grace o- God go 6.

Col Ron Ran. V:

;ou kno5@ 6 could have )eenB6 could have )een

s5allo5ed up and gone and no)ody 5ould have ever )een

the 5iser.

+*:?*:'A:', Rand on"cam. Col Ron Ran. S1nc:

1nd 6 5ouldnFt have )een a)le to tell my 5i-e anddaughter that 6 loved them again@ so...

(o )lack

0looding -tg.

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(his once"in"a"century volcanic eruption is a)out to )e

oined )y another elemental -orce o- nature.

arr:

(he catastrophe is -ar -rom over.

+*:?*:,+:' #S people

arr:

C- the million people once threatened )y ount Pinatu)o

only a -e5 hundred remain in peril.

arr:

6ts slopes and lo5lands are almost totally deserted.

arr:

6t seems man 5ill escape the monsterFs 5rath.

+*:?':+D:'' P/C -rom ash cloud to city arr:

1nd so he might...)ut -or the volcanoFs murderous

accomplice.

People activity

arr:

1 super"typhoon named ;unya.

0rom satellite image to ash plume

arr:

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Racing across the South !hina Sea@ typhoon ;unya reach

Pinatu)o ust as the volcano enters its most cataclysmic

phase.

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6t is a one"t5o killer punchBthe 5orst possi)lecom)ination o- calamities.

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(o those caught in itBitFs as i- concrete is pouring -rom

the sky.

+*:?&:+%:*% udstorm seK. continues

arr:

House a-ter house@ )uilding a-ter )uilding@ -alls to the

devastating mudstorm.

arr:

6t happens Kuickly and 5ithout 5arning>crushing those

trapped inside.

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

6t 5as too much -or any to5n or any person to take.

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

6t 5as ust unnatural.

+*:?&:&:+, #S people 5reckage

arr:

(he scene is )eing repeated in all the provinces around

Pinatu)o.

arr:

7eng endo3a -led 5ith her -amily only days )e-ore.

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Her house lasts )arely *, minutes )e-ore collapsing under

its immense load o- volcanic mud.

arr:

(he mudstorm 5ill )e the catastropheFs most immediate

killer.

+*:??:+':*+ 0lood mud-lo5 seK.

arr:

7ut it is not the only one.

arr:

(he torrents o- 5ater running o-- Pinatu)o have collected

massive Kuantities o- hot volcanic de)ris.

arr:

(hey are called laharsBdense mud-lo5sBand they tum)

over the lo5lands like -loods o- liKuid rock>crashing

through to5ns>grinding everything in their path.

+*:??:&%:+* ud-lo5 seK. continues arr:

0or *, hellish hours@ the monster o- Pinatu)o hurlseverything it can at the Philippines.

(o )lack

+*:??:,?:'& 2esolate a-termath seK.

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1nd 5hen the sun -inally )reaks through again t5o days

later@ it is shining on another planet.

arr:

0rom hori3on to hori3on@ it is a moonscape>a li-eless@

)lack and 5hite 5orld.

+*:?,:&+:*, Huge ash cloud

arr:

(he largest volcanic cloud o- the '+th century is circling

the earth...it 5ill signi-icantly alter glo)al temperatures -o

the net three years.

+*:?,:?+:*& #S air )ase a-termath

arr:

(he )iggest 1merican military )ase on -oreign soil isdestroyed.

arr:

!lark 5ill )e a)andoned )y the greatest military po5er on

earth@ )eaten )y a -orce more destructive than any human

enemy.

+*:?,:,?:*A #S 5reckage people

Col Ron Ran. V:

1-ter the -act@ 5e said it 5as the mother o- all eruptions.

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Col Ron Ran. V:

6t 5as the mother o- all events any one o- us had ever )ee

through.

Col Ron Ran. V:

6t 5as huge@ it 5as scary@ it 5as po5er-ul.

Col Ron Ran. V:

6 kno5 it changed the 5ay 6 thought a)out the 5orld 5e

live in.

+*:?%:'+:+? Helicopter in -light

H/angle 5reckage

arr:

ature did its very 5orst@ )ut its opponentsBmen like Ra

Punong)ayan@ and the men and 5omen 5ho 5orked 5ith

himBdid )etter.

+*:?%:&+:'& Recovery rescue seK. arr:

6ncredi)ly@ in this a5esome natural event@ -e5er than &++

people lost their lives...5hen it could have )een hundreds

o- thousands.

arr:6t is a victory -or man.

arr:

1 human catastrophe 5as averted.

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+*:?%:,*:* 7ack to re"enactment o- science team

!hopper in -light

arr:

an had never -aced an eruption on the scale o- Pinatu)o

armed 5ith the high"tech 5eapons o- the '+th century.

arr:

7ut it 5as -ar more than ust science that saved so many.

+*:?:+&:*D (ri)al people

(ri)al group entering chopper

arr:

6t 5as an etraordinary human e--ort on every level.

!hris on"cam.

Chris ehall V to S1nc:

6 think that had any one o- those elements )een missing@ 5

could have ended up 5ith a maor disaster on our hands.

+*:?:*%:', #S muddy street activity

arr:

ore than any volcano that 5ent )e-ore it@ Pinatu)o

proved that man can not only accurately predict a volcani

eruption@ )ut that he can also protect his -ello5 man -rom

one o- natureFs most catastrophic events.

+*:?:&*:+, (ri)al people dancing

arr:

7ut it also sho5ed that ho5ever advanced our scienti-ic

a)ility may )e@ 5e ignore those 5ho )est kno5 other

ature at our peril.

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7ack to 7eng -amily re"enactment arr:

6n the a-termath o- the eruption@ 7eng endo3a gave )irth

to a healthy son named Rindy.

+*:?:?A:'D ore -lash)acks o- main characters

arr:

July Sa)it@ 8eyo 7autista and Peeay 2elos Reyes 5ent

)ack to 5ork at the Philippine 6nstitute o- #olcanology an

Seismology@ keeping 5atch on volcanoes throughout thecountry.

arr:

!hris e5hall continued to 5ork 5ith the Lnited States

Geological Survey )ut plans to retire in the Philippines.

Huge ash -lo5arr:Jing agsaysayBlike all those 5ho lived through the

eruptionBsays it changed him -orever.

Jing on"cam.

4ing +agsa1sa1 V to S1nc:

Pinatu)o@ in the end@ )ecame one o- my closest -riends@ 6

think.

+*:?D:'*:*, 7ack to ash -lo5@ P/C

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

6t taught me a lot o- things.

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People pointing up / 7ack to huge ash

clouds

4ing +agsa1sa1 V:

6t sho5ed me ho5 meaning-ul and ho5 meaningless at th

same time a human )eing can )e.

#S Ray !hris per re"enactments arr:

1nd Ray Punong)ayan@ the undisputed hero o- 5hat 5as

one o- the greatest eruptions in modern history@ retired in

'++'.

Ra1 'unonga1an V:

(he Pinatu)o eperience is something that you recall 5ith

a smile.

+*:?D:?A:+A Ray on"cam.

Ra1 'unonga1an S1nc:

6tFs a classic eample o- ho5 international cooperationshould 5ork 5hen youFre responding to disaster.

Ra1 'unonga1an S1nc:

6tFs a success story.

(o )lack

+*:?A:+':'' #S tri)al people cave site "

Gathering )ones@ )urying them arr:

(o this day@ the 1etas 5ho perished in the cave on the

mountain have remained 5here they -ell...their skeletons

a5aiting a re)urial.

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7ut no5@ Se)io and his people gather their )ones and carr

them to their ne5 village@ 5here they are laid to rest in a

tom) sealed 5ith the ashes o- the volcano.

arr:

(here is grie-@ and )itter memories@ as the time o- their

deaths is remem)ered...)ut there is also hope.+*:?A:?%:+% ore tri)al people

arr:

(he 1etas people have returned to their sacred land.

+*:?A:,&:'& Scenic mtn. lake arr:

(heir mountain may have changed@ )ut their god is at

peace again.

+*:,+:+,:** (o )lack

+*:,+:+,:'+ 42 !R426(S over -tg.

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