2 . Joel Boyers and his wife, Melody Among, were heading home in their helicopter (直升机）when he received a call for help from a stranger. The caller’s brother and her ___________ were trapped on their roof in Waverly because of the rising floodwater.

The caller ___________ Joel Boyers to come to their aid. Boyers looked west towards Waverly at the storm clouds. Aware of the danger to __________ in such bad weather, though, he __________ put the brother’s address into his ___________. Soon, he and Among were in the air,___________ for what they were about to see in Waverly.

Upon arriving, he found the water below was __________. People were holding on to anything that didn’t move—roofs, trees. The flooding also ____________ cell phone service, meaning Boyers couldn’t use his phone to locate the ___________ he was looking for. He flew on anyway.

As Boyers drove the helicopter, Among began _________ people on roofs and bridges—anywhere Boyers could __________ and get them onboard. A rescued man pointed to a teenager. The teenager held onto a branch with one hand and the other held a dog she’d saved earlier while both were ___________ in the current (水流). With no place for Boyers to land, he __________ the helicopter until it hovered (盘旋) just above the water line. The rescued man jumped out and swam to the tree, where he helped the teen and the dog to the ___________.

Though the experience was ___________, Boyers admitted it was fun.