In the wee hours, a newspaper's editor is about to finish the next day's edition when two riveting stories come in--and the newspaper goes into high gear to cover the stories in -30-. A young girl has been lost in the city's flood drains and a storm is coming in. At the same time, the newsman's grandson is aboard an air force plane that is missing while attempting to set a record on a flight from Honolulu to Washington, D.C. Now, even as lives hang in the balance, these professional newsmen must put their feelings aside as they rush complete morning edition.
