When a 79-year-old grandmother broke her leg on a hike, a 'buff' airman gave her a piggyback ride to safety
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"I knew right away that it was broken. My tibia and fibula were next to my ankle - not where they're supposed to be - and my foot was turned all the way to the right."
"When she visited, she would say, 'I have to look at my ice cream cone.' When she passed, we took her ashes to High Rock."
"A physical therapist and an occupational therapist who were visiting from Minnesota tried unsuccessfully to locate painkillers for Bannister - whose pain had grown 'severe' - and tightened her leg wrap."
"Suddenly, a woman and two men - who Bannister describes as 'very buff' - walked over. It was U.S. Air Force Airman Troy May, who is stationed at nearby Joint Base Lewis."
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