When a small plane goes down near San Antonio, TC and Topher chopper out to the scene and retrieve the lone survivor. Back in the ER, they deal with his serious injuries but must fend off Milo, a menacing law enforcement officer with a hidden agenda. Paul is mesmerized by an injured exotic dancer who lands in the emergency room after falling during her performance. When her condition takes a mysterious turn for the worse, Paul, Kenny and Drew are baffled by her life threatening symptoms and must go to an already swamped Jordan for help. Krista tries to help a teenager with a serious eating disorder that her family refuses to recognize. Meanwhile, TC struggles with increasing flashbacks and the traumatic death of his brother in Afghanistan.
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TC and Topher are dropped from a helicopter to a small plane crash site, where they find the pilot dead and the only other passenger suffering from a severely crushed chest. They also find two packets of illegal drugs. At the hospital, they are met by a DEA agent who wants to question the rescued passenger, but he may not be all he seems. Elsewhere, Paul takes care of a stripper who fell off a pole on the job and suffered a seemingly minor injury, and Krista treats a teenage girl ( Daniella Bobadilla ) who swallowed a fork.