On impulse Sean cut a four-foot length from the end of the severed winch cable.

A hand reached out and grabbed the hook-end of the winch cable.

The cargo doors on its underbelly opened, and a rescue harness at the end of a winch cable dropped in a rapid spiral.

Weaver scanned as best he could in the fog at the surface, the winch cables, and the Marines.

The basket was just that, a basket on the end of a winch cable.

From the increased resistance and shearing forces, the winch cable suddenly jammed.

Pulled up to the edge of the slope with the winch cable run out.

Jack spotted the winch cable drifting only a few feet from the spire, its electromagnet swinging even closer.

Even as he was pointing out the gun, Mallone was running from the trailer with a winch cable slung over his shoulder.

The winch cable came snaking down with the climbing harness hanging like an empty vest.