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weight of my body, breaking my downward momentum.

I hung there a moment, then rolled onto my side, pulled with both hands,
and scooched myself to a sitting position. Never easing my grasp, I
looked up.

The object I clutched was a long metal bar, angling skyward from a rock
at my hip to a truncated tree a yard upslope. I planted my feet, tested
for traction, and worked my way to a standing position. Wiping bleeding
hands on my pants, I retied my jacket and continued downward to level
ground.

At the bottom, I quickened my pace. Though my terra felt far iromfirma,
at least gravity was now on my side. At the cordoned-off area, I lifted
the tape and ducked under.

"Whoa, lady. Not so fast."

I stopped and turned. The man who had spoken wore a Swain County
Sheriff's Department jacket.

"I'm with DMORT."

"What the hell is DMORT?" Gruff.

"Is the sheriff on site?"

"Who's asking?" The deputy's face was rigid, his mouth compressed into a
hard, tight line. An orange hunting cap rested low over his eyes.

"Dr. Temperance Brennan."

"We ain't gonna need no doctor here."

"I'll be identifying the victims."

"Got proof?"

In mass disasters, each government agency has specific responsibilities.

The Office of Emergency Preparedness, OEP, manages and directs the
National Disaster Medical System, NDMS, which provides medical response
and victim identification and mortuary services in the event of a mass
fatality incident.

To meet its mission, NDMS created the Disaster Mortuary Operational
Response Team, DMORT, and Disaster Medical Assistance Team, DMAT,
systems. In officially declared disasters, DMAT looks after the needs of
the living, while DMORT deals with the dead.