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Ben Solutions for Wreckage
The rig came to a halt, and Ben was already out, eyes locking on the wreckage.
A sedan crushed in on the driver side, its front corner jammed beneath the rear edge of a box truck, smoke curling up from the engine compartment. Debris scattered across the highway.
“Engine 33, cover that smoke!” he barked as they rolled in behind them. “Rodney, keep the driver talking.”
Aid 33 held off to the side as Ben read the load. The truck had weight on the car, but the driver’s legs were trapped in the door and dash.
“Wood, Jackson, lock this car down and shore that truck corner. Gavin, hold the passenger side until they call it stable.”
“Cap, you’re not taking the load off first?” Gavin hesitated.
“Why take it off when it’s doing half the work for us? We free his legs from below.”
“That is a ridiculous path to a valid conclusion,” Rodney said with a laugh. Gavin just nodded.
“Stable,” Wood shouted.
“Go make me right, Gavin.”
Ben watched the relief cut open at the nose. The truck corner dropped into the shore, the sedan shifted beneath it, and the mangled frame settled without collapsing farther.
Then the ram drove low into the crush, and the sedan stayed pinned under the truck’s weight instead of sliding with the force. The dash gave.
“Right leg clear.”
His pulse was hammering. This was where he thrived. In the mess, thinking on his feet.
It wasn’t always this easy. It took months before the job started to feel manageable, more so now that Matt was in rehab. Having the space to focus was a relief, even if it left him a little hollow.
“Both free.”
He stepped back as Gavin worked the driver out through the passenger side and Aid 33 took over. Rodney clapped him on the shoulder.
“That extraction was quicker than it had any right to. Good call, Cap.”
“Nothing beats quick and dirty,” he said, grinning. “Let’s finish the car. Smoke’s still pushing.”
It was impossible to live up to Captain Hartfield. But that was okay.
He only had to be Captain Ralston.
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