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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Lewis and Clark volunteer firefighters Adam Miller, Kevin Miller, and April Helligso move a person from the bus during a mass-casualty training exercise at the Lewis and Clark dry-sort yard Saturday. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian A young boy watches as a Life Flight helicopter takes off during a training exercise Saturday. Simulation:0RUHWKDQYROXQWHHUHG YROXQWHHUHG WR GRQ IDNH LQMXULHV DQG DFW DV YLFWLPV LQ WKH H[HUFLVH ZKLFK 1\JDDUG /RJJLQJ GU\VRUW \DUG LQ VLPXODWHG D FROOLVLRQ EHWZHHQ D EXV /HZLVDQG&ODUN0RUHWKDQSHRSOH DQG D FDU &UHZV IURP 0HGL[$PEX- Continued from Page 1A ODQFH/LIH)OLJKWDQG2OQH\:DOOXVNL )LUH DQG 5HVFXH DOVR WRRN SDUW LQ WKH GULOO6HHPRUHSKRWRVDWZZZGDLO\DV- WRULDQFRP Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Jennifer Keefe, top, and Ingrid Boettcher, bottom, lay in the turned-over school bus before the MCI drill. The bus and car were donated and set up by Astoria Auto Wrecking and Classic Towing. 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