Search and rescue

Captain John “Jay” Jonas, in his 20-plus years of committing his life for others in the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), came across the toughest; most tiresome day of his entire career, September 11th, 2001. When the four successfully hijacked airplanes scattered throughout the United States, two planes targeted the two tallest buildings in New York City at the time. When the first plane hit the North tower, Jay Jonas and his group of five other Firefighters, nicknamed the Dragon Fighter…

Security for Policing: The Era of Homeland Security, Chapter 2. Prentice Hall. Pearson Education Inc. Retrieved from VitalSource Kaplan University United Flight 93, emergency responder arrived shortly after the crash and immediately began search and rescue operations. United Flight 93, plowed nose-first into the ground of the field, and smoke and scorched trees were the only signs of the crash. Unfortunately, there were no survivors, but investigators were able to recover the plane’s flight…

What do you think happened to Amelia Earhart? Millions of people know the famous aviator, Amelia Earhart. But not so many people know how she died. There are multiple assumptions for what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Her first flight, in 1920 was the start of something huge. She began flying many places, like across the Atlantic to Britain, and from Hawaii to the US Mainland. These flights were the many things that made her famous. Not so long after, she had bigger…

Sudan in 1985, and many others were as well. The International Rescue Committee, a program in which a board of directors and overseers puts volunteers to work in effort to help refugees and others from foreign countries that are having a tough time. In one of their articles describing the Second Sudanese Civil War, which was the war that displaced Salva, they said, “an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children fled their homeland in search of safety in what turned out to be a treacherous 1,000-mile…

Neily and their son Zachary near Rebecca Falls, located on the border of Canada and Minnesota. While the family were admiring the falls, Kali missed a jump and slipped down to a ledge about ten feet down. Dave decided he would have to climb down to rescue his dog, but before he could reach her, Kali dived into the rapid water and tried to…

States with 43,575 registrations. In the UK there are currently 12,857 registrations (year 2008) German Shepherds are found working as guide dogs for the blind or the disabled, carrying out police work and guarding duties. They are also used in search and res- cue, therapy and in the armed forces. . These dogs are bred to have an enduring work drive, and unwavering obedience. Of critical importance is the dog's ability to distinguish what constitutes a threat and what does not constitute a…

witnesses to the warrant service. I read the search warrant to Bradley Penny in the presence of Pamela Bowden and Sergeant E. Raburn and reminded Bradley Penny that his father declined an interview in the hospital and I was not going to ask question about the events on the night of the crash. I did not ask any questions pertaining to the crash and explained the search warrant while I read it to him. Bradley Penny had no questions about the search warrant and complied with the buccal swap…

We as humans, feel neglect. We feel depressed, and we react upon those feelings. We get angry, sad, impatient, and sometimes violent. Everyone experiences it, even animals. The American Pitbull Terrier experiences it the most. This canine faces constant fear from people everyday because of its past. However, most Pit Bulls in modern times are kind and loyal. They’re highly misunderstood animals. The American Pitbull Terrier is actually not a dog breed. “Pitbull” is actually a term to describe…

she saw was not a child who needed help, it wasn't even a human. She had been tricked into stopping her car for a dummy that was dressed to look like a kid wearing a red Field & Stream shirt. She found out very quickly that stopping her vehicle to rescue a child turned out to be a setup and she was really the one who needed help after two men appeared out of nowhere. Both men were wearing dark, hooded sweatshirts when they ran up to her car and started…

For those of you who do not know what the Civil Air Patrol is, it is the United States Air Force Auxiliary. CAP was founded on December 1, 1941, just six days before the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. CAP is comprised of volunteers who have a deep love of aviation and their country. There are two main groups of CAP members, Cadets and Senior Members. Cadets ages range from 12 to 21, but must join before their eighteenth birthday to be put in the cadet program. Senior members are individuals…