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'A SOMBER DAY' FOR STATE POLICE AS THEY CONFIRM TWO MISSING PEOPLE FROM THIS STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH ARE DEAD. RESCUE CREWS HAVE BEEN COMBING SANTA FE’S MOUNT BALDY FOR NEARLY TWO DAYS IN THE RUGGED TERRAIN--- MORE THAN 12- THOUSAND FEET HIGH. THE BODIES OF STATE POLICE SERGEANT ANDY TINGWALL — WHO WAS PILOTING THE CHOPPER -- AND U- N-M GRADUATE STUDENT MEGUMI YAMAMOTO WERE FOUND TODAY. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR WILL HAVE TO PERFORM AUTOPSIES ON THE BODIES TO DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW THEY DIED. Y ESTERDAY WAS SERGEANT TINGWALL'S 36TH BIRTHDAY. YAMAMOTO WAS 26-YEARS-OLD. STATE POLICE OFFICER WESLEY COX WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION IN A FEW MINUTES. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. JEFF MAHER IS GOING TO TELL US MORE ABOUT SERGEANT TINGWALL... BUT FIRST, LET'S GO TO VALERIE CASTRO. SHE'S LIVE AT STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH THE LATEST ON TODAY'S RECOVERY. VAL. AFTER A 36-HOUR SEARCH, THE THE BODIES OF STATE POLICE SERGEANT ANDY TINGWALL AND U-N-M STUDENT MEGUMI YAMAMOTO WERE RECOVERED FROM THE CRASH SITE EARLIER TODAY. STATE POLICE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO ... SAYING FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALLOWED A NATIONAL GUARD RESCUE TEAM TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE CRASH SITE AROUND 10 THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE TWO BODIES ABOUT 30 YARDS NORTH FROM WHERE THE MAIN FUSELAGE FINALLY CAME TO REST AFTER IT ROLLED SOME 800 FEET DOWN THE STEEP RAVINE. THE CHIEF SAYS RESCUE TEAMS WERE HOLDING OUT HOPE AS THEY SET OUT FOR WHAT WAS STILL A RESCUE MISSION THIS MORNING, KEEPING MEDICAL TEAMS ON STANDBY TO HELP ANY SURVIVORS. 'This morning the black hawk helicopters were inserted into the area, the hasty team went in located the bodies, of course the national guard has paramedics on board in the event that there were survivors, of course unfortunately that's not the case.' WE'RE TOLD THE BODIES WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE NATIONAL GUARD AIRPLANE HANGAR.....