The 22nd Secret (9 page)

“
W
h
a
t
?
”

“
The
plane
did
n
’t m
a
ke
i
t.”

B
e
t
t
y
g
a
sped
a
nd put her
h
a
nd ov
e
r her mouth. Tom
l
ook
e
d
a
t h
i
s w
a
tch.
“
Ok
a
y
, we
g
ot
a
n hour
to f
i
g
u
r
e
out w
h
a
t
the h
e
ll
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d.
G
e
t
on
y
our
c
ompu
t
e
r
.
C
h
ec
k
the
F
AA
a
nd AP.”
B
e
t
t
y
pick
e
d up
h
e
r p
a
d
a
nd b
e
g
a
n taki
n
g
notes.
“
G
e
t
m
e
som
e
th
i
ng
on the
storm
i
n Al
a
ska.
I
’ll make
the
c
o
f
fe
e
.”

B
y
7
a
m,
B
e
t
t
y
h
a
d
e
no
u
gh info
r
mation
to fi
g
u
r
e
o
ut
t
h
a
t
y
e
st
e
rd
a
y
h
a
d tur
n
e
d out
t
o be
a disaste
r
. The
Asso
c
i
a
t
e
d
P
r
e
ss
r
e
le
a
s
e
w
a
s too late
to
m
a
ke
it
in
t
o the
ea
st
c
o
a
st pap
e
rs but the w
e
st co
a
st pa
p
e
rs
w
ould
h
a
ve i
t
.

M
a
f
i
a
B
o
s
s
B
e
l
i
ev
e
d
L
o
s
t
i
n
P
l
a
n
e C
r
a
s
h

AP–
An
c
horag
e
.
A
private
plane
pi
l
oted
by
Le
onard
“L
u
cky
”
Casino
and r
e
port
e
d to a
l
so
ha
v
e
M
a
f
i
a boss Anthony
“T
in
o
”
Cass
i
oppi and one oth
e
r person on
board
is
r
e
por
t
e
d
d
o
wn
in
the Alaskan
wi
l
d
e
rness.
T
wo
are
k
nown
d
e
a
d
,
and the
th
i
rd
is
r
e
port
e
d
as miss
i
ng.
T
he
s
ing
l
e
e
ng
i
ne
C
e
ssna
was
r
e
nted
ye
sterday morning
by
Casino,
k
n
o
wn
to
p
i
lot
for
high
M
a
f
i
a
f
i
gure
s
.
It
d
isapp
e
ared
one hal
f
-
hour
af
t
e
r
take
o
ff. It
was
r
e
port
e
d
down
t
w
o
hundr
e
d
miles
off
c
ourse
n
e
ar B
e
ar Br
e
ath, Alaska
by
J
im
M
i
t
c
h
e
ll
and
Sh
e
ri
f
f
Bill
K
e
l
l
e
r
, both r
e
sidents of
this r
e
mote
part
of
Alaska. FAA
of
f
icials
say
the
w
o
rst
sto
r
m
in
ye
ars
is
p
r
e
ve
nt
i
ng any
at
t
e
mpt to r
e
a
c
h the
down
e
d plane.

“
Th
a
nks
B
e
t
t
y
.
You’
r
e
the b
e
st.” Tom
r
e
v
i
e
wi
n
g
the
f
i
l
e
s and
r
e
ports B
e
t
t
y
c
omp
i
led
a
nd put them in his att
ac
hé
c
a
s
e
.

“
I
know.”
S
he
l
a
y
on the
c
ou
c
h
, r
e
st
i
n
g
h
e
r h
e
a
d
o
n a
throw
pi
l
lo
w
. H
e
r
a
n
kles
c
rissc
r
ossed on the ot
h
e
r
e
nd of
the
c
o
u
c
h.

The
n
e
w in
f
o
r
m
a
t
i
on includ
e
d the o
r
i
g
inal
F
A
A
r
e
port,
wea
th
e
r
re
p
o
rts, the l
a
test sat
e
l
l
i
t
e photos of the
Chinese
re
s
ea
r
c
h
v
e
ssel tak
e
n
b
e
fo
r
e
the stor
m
,
a
nd m
i
l
i
ta
r
y
f
i
les on
J
a
mes Mitch
e
ll
a
nd
W
i
l
l
i
a
m K
e
l
l
e
r
, in addit
i
on to
t
he
AP r
e
port.
B
e
t
t
y
i
n
c
luded s
e
v
e
r
a
l color
p
rintouts o
f
f the
I
nt
e
rn
e
t
, of
J
im
M
i
t
c
h
e
l
l
’s
L
o
d
ge
a
nd fish
i
ng tour business, this w
a
s her
b
e
st work.

“
I
’m
g
oi
n
g
to show
e
r
a
n
d sh
a
v
e
,”
Tom said,
a
s
h
e
w
e
nt
i
nto h
i
s priv
a
te b
a
throom a
n
d
B
e
t
t
y
do
z
e
d on the
c
ou
c
h
. A w
a
rm show
e
r
g
a
v
e
him
t
i
me to th
i
nk
a
nd p
re
p
a
re
f
o
r his
me
e
t
i
n
g wi
t
h the
D
ir
ec
tor of
t
h
e
C
I
A.

B
e
t
t
y
w
a
s s
i
t
t
ing
a
t her
d
e
sk
wh
e
n Tom
e
m
e
r
g
e
d
f
rom the b
a
throom show
e
r
e
d, sh
a
v
e
d,
a
nd d
re
ssed in
a
c
le
a
n sh
i
rt, tie
a
nd p
re
ssed sui
t
.
H
e
sat do
w
n in
the
c
h
a
i
r ne
x
t
t
o
B
e
t
t
y
’s d
e
sk. The
show
e
r
h
a
d ref
re
s
h
e
d him
a
nd he
h
a
d a
n
e
w
l
ist
of it
e
ms he
wa
nted B
e
t
t
y
to gath
e
r.

“
J
ohnson’s
a
lr
ea
d
y
c
a
l
l
e
d
,”
she s
a
id, handi
n
g
him
his att
ac
hé
c
a
s
e
. “
S
a
id
h
e
a
n
d
Dir
e
c
t
o
r
S
tanl
e
y
a
re
w
a
i
t
ing
f
o
r
y
ou in h
i
s of
f
ic
e
.”

“
The
dir
e
c
tor of
the
F
BI
too?
W
e
l
l
, I
g
u
e
ss
t
his
i
s more
se
r
ious
t
h
a
n
I
tho
u
ght,”
T
om said s
a
r
c
a
st
ic
a
l
l
y
.