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Thanks to Kitchener’s broadcast assessment of the wounded, Murdoch initiated a medical alert that had professional crews on standby. The medical emergency teams were not military as civilian resources were closer and more available. This meant the media, who monitored the relevant channels, knew of the arrival of the choppers from around England.

With the news of the ambush of brave Travellers by 11th Century Vikings, the media blackout was compelled to be lifted. There was jubilation as journalists who witnessed the departure of the Project Traveller team per now permitted to file their story. The original journalists camped around the old shed where the Area of Convergence was located, and as more news media learned of the breaking story, every local motel, pub, and bed and breakfast was booked out. At the facility, satellite news broadcast vehicles parked around the grounds where crews took to camping or sleeping in the vehicles rather than miss the jump on anything newsworthy. High profile media stars gave their expert opinions despite the lack of any information—and they waited.

A Royal Marines chopper landed and the armed troops moved to secure the building and landing area from prying media. All inquiries were met with a polite refusal to comment.