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Today's reminder that humanity doesn't totally suck
Locals light up remote Peruvian airstrip for emergency night-flight
5 April 2013 Last updated at 06:01 ET Help
Residents of Contamana - a remote town in eastern Peru - came out in force on Wednesday when their local airstrip needed lighting for an emergency medical night-flight.
Hundreds of residents lined their vehicles up alongside the tarmac allowing a charter plane carrying three patients to take off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22039813
