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A Coastguard Nelson crew trains at Port Nelson with the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter crew using the rescue helicopter s winch.
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Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter crew member Paul “Ernie” Bryant with the rescue helicopter s Breeze winch.
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Those who were in Christchurch on 22 February 2011 all have a story to tell.
Some have probably told their stories many times to our friends and family - they ve got used to them and they ve come to define the day for them.
They re all talking about the same day - stories unfold simultaneously, they overlap - people cross paths and help each other.
Ken Hird had to learn to walk again after breaking his neck in three places.
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
Their accounts are all fragments of the same story - all little pieces of a bigger narrative - the story of a broken city.