rutland mayor chris lloris who like most local leaders was working long days without sleep after irene called me hours with progress updates on the unfolding tragedy. the search for mike garfano and his son, who went missing during the storm. route 4 was nothing but a stream bed in sections where roadway once ran. and i came in by national guard helicopter to join mayor lorris and give son tommy garfano a bear hug from all vermonters. tommy's dad, mike, sr., grew up in rutland and went to work for the city for over 30 years, rising to become the manager of the water plant, a job to which he dedicated his life. mike and his wife sally had two sons, mike, jr., known also as little mike, and tommy. mike also had a son robbie. robbie lost his life in a tragic accident in 2010. and little mike and tommy's tight bond with their mom and dad helped them all in the face of such extraordinary adversity. on the evening of irene with n mendenbrook raging, mike and little mike raged through the storm to check the valve that mike had closed the previous day to make sure polluted water would not ente