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Search of Wednesday, May 24, 2006.
The pager went off at 7:55 AM and scared
the pajamas off me. I had forgotten that I was covering the pager for JJ
this week.
Whew, will I be glad to return that
monstrous thing! Give me a cell phone any time.
Anyway, after a bunch of phone calls ---
why does everybody have three phone numbers today? -- we were able to report
to the Sheriff's Office with six members.
A 19 year old male had disappeared
during or after a drinking party Saturday night at a house along the Coquille
River.
Our assignment was to search the area
around the house and along the banks of the river.
The area where the boy was last seen
appeared to be the place where old VW busses go to die.
In and around the outbuildings and barns
were dozens of abandoned vehicles liberally sprinkled with trash filled VW
busses.
While JJ and Chip proved to be
especially adept at squeezing into padlocked barns, (Chip, is that a skill
picked up in a misspent youth?) Helen and Christy teamed up as VW bus
specialists.
Watching Helen and Christy search a VW bus
was a lesson in new SAR techniques. One would gingerly pry open a door
while the other prepared a hasty retreat route. Next VW bus, the procedure was
reversed. Perhaps we can persuade the two intrepid searchers to teach
their technique at a future training session.
Joe and Bud manned the Command Post as
usual. Beside the now familiar GPS computer tracking, a new date and
time stamped log was initiated. The deputy on scene was impressed and
appreciative. This gives him a hard copy record of the events taking
place on a search while freeing him for other duties.
Below is a report from The World newspaper. Other
reports will follow as they become available
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