On Sunday, a call went out over the scanner for all available fire and rescue personnel to join the search for a 17 year old mentally challenged insulin dependent young lady who had been missing for several hours. she had last been seen walking beside the highway, and then she vanished.
the search crews stayed out all sunday afternoon and night. by morning, they still hadn't found her and all of us were holding our breaths, afraid that the outcome was not going to be a good one - especially since she had done without her insulin. the sherrif's dept. called DOC and requested that the PERT (prison emergency response team) join in the search, and they did. by 11:00, things were looking bleak. by 12 noon, jan in first aid told us - the PERT team had found her, and she was ok.
what a relief for everybody! we all let out a collective sigh and then we all felt this surging PRIDE for our guys in dark blue. they did it! THEY did it! the officers who never get counted as real officers, the ones who do SUCH a service to the community that goes virtually unrecognized and is so seldom even seen by the public - OUR guys found her.
God bless 'em all - i have always been proud to work with them, but this...we could all just burst with it.
GO PERT!!!!
4 comments:
Thats great. People that help people all the time need to be recognized once in a while for their good works. Sandi
Lets hear three cheers for the boys in dark blue. Paula
I am so glad she was found and is going to be all right. Congratulations to the team that found her. And thank you for bringing them to our attention.
Lori
that is my biggest fear, being without my insulin. its a scary thing..glad they found her....ladybug
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