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Family has emotional reunion with helicopter pilot who rescued them from wildfires

Pete Gavitt, a California Highway Patrol helicopter pilot, was flying rescue missions through heavy smoke, darkness and strong winds. There was room on his helicopter for four when he found five members of the Tamayo family. John Blackstone has the story.
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