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the local sheriff’s department provided the same result. While local sheriff’s departments all have search and rescue specialists, some have the use of fancy equipment, while others don’t always have the technology they need. Throughout the United States, trained search and rescue personnel have varying sets of spe- cial skills. Some know the wooded areas of their

Search and rescue personnel have special skills to deal with emergencies on land or water.

hometown inside and out. Others can dive into rivers and oceans, and still others can fly helicopters and air- planes to help locate stranded people. The skills are count- less, whether for a small local operation or a huge military effort. In this case, the call went out to a special unit of U.S. Air Force search and rescue officers. The team that got this call was led by

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