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|00001c30| 74 68 65 20 61 74 74 65 | 6d 70 74 0d 0a 61 6e 64 |the atte|mpt..and|
|00001c40| 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 | 6e 67 20 68 61 70 70 65 | somethi|ng happe|
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|00001c70| 22 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 | 20 62 65 0d 0a 73 61 74 |"I would| be..sat|
|00001c80| 69 73 66 69 65 64 20 74 | 68 61 74 20 77 65 20 61 |isfied t|hat we a|
|00001c90| 74 20 6c 65 61 73 74 20 | 74 72 69 65 64 2e 22 20 |t least |tried." |
|00001ca0| 20 42 75 74 20 52 75 74 | 61 6e 20 69 73 20 68 65 | But Rut|an is he|
|00001cb0| 6c 6c 2d 62 65 6e 74 20 | 66 6f 72 0d 0a 69 6d 6d |ll-bent |for..imm|
|00001cc0| 6f 72 74 61 6c 69 74 79 | 2e 20 41 73 20 68 65 20 |ortality|. As he |
|00001cd0| 63 69 72 63 6c 65 73 20 | 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 6e |circles |the plan|
|00001ce0| 65 74 2c 20 74 68 65 20 | 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 63 69 |et, the |names ci|
|00001cf0| 72 63 6c 69 6e 67 20 69 | 6e 0d 0a 68 69 73 20 68 |rcling i|n..his h|
|00001d00| 65 61 64 20 61 72 65 20 | 4c 69 6e 64 62 65 72 67 |ead are |Lindberg|
|00001d10| 68 20 61 6e 64 20 41 6d | 65 6c 69 61 20 45 61 72 |h and Am|elia Ear|
|00001d20| 68 61 72 74 2e 20 48 65 | 20 74 6f 6f 20 61 69 6d |hart. He| too aim|
|00001d30| 73 20 74 6f 20 66 6c 79 | 0d 0a 69 6e 74 6f 20 68 |s to fly|..into h|
|00001d40| 69 73 74 6f 72 79 27 73 | 20 62 6c 75 65 20 79 6f |istory's| blue yo|
|00001d50| 6e 64 65 72 2e 20 22 4d | 69 6c 65 73 74 6f 6e 65 |nder. "M|ilestone|
|00001d60| 73 2c 22 20 52 75 74 61 | 6e 20 73 61 79 73 2c 20 |s," Ruta|n says, |
|00001d70| 22 61 72 65 0d 0a 73 6f | 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 |"are..so|mething |
|00001d80| 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 6e | 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 62 |that can| never b|
|00001d90| 65 20 62 72 6f 6b 65 6e | 2e 22 0d 0a 0d 0a 2d 2d |e broken|."....--|
|00001da0| 42 79 20 52 69 63 68 61 | 72 64 20 53 74 65 6e 67 |By Richa|rd Steng|
|00001db0| 65 6c 2e 20 20 52 65 70 | 6f 72 74 65 64 20 62 79 |el.  Rep|orted by|
|00001dc0| 20 53 63 6f 74 74 20 42 | 72 6f 77 6e 2f 4d 6f 6a | Scott B|rown/Moj|
|00001dd0| 61 76 65 1a 0d 0a 0d 0a |                         |ave.....|        |
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