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knee deep, to try to get her fur coat.   Thankfully, Sharon’s nephew, Clay   Stephen and Sharon were heroic in
        She was able to get the coat but was   Shelton, a DPS Helicopter Pilot   facing down fear and having the
        afraid to get back in the car, fearing   had initiated a search, along with   presence of mind to figure out a
        it might break loose from its secure   Sharon’s daughter, Helen, Todd    plan. They are the kind of people
        position. She returned to the fence   Pope and other family members.     Bear Grylls described when he
        for support.                                                             wrote: “Being brave isn’t the absence
                                            Sharon and Stephen reached the       of fear. Being brave is having that
        Stephen continued to watch near     emergency room about 2 a.m., five    fear but finding a way through it.”
        the track, hoping for a car to come   hours after their ordeal began.
        by from the other direction. Another   Stephen was kept one night, but
        hour passed, and a pickup equipped   Sharon was
        to drive on railroad tracks came by.   released and
        Stephen flagged him down, and       attended the
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