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[EP84] Unexpected English is the podcast where you can practice listening to real American English in just five minutes! This episode is called Search and Rescue. I hope you like it!

[Transcription]

Hey everybody, you're listening to Unexpected English. I've got a new episode for you. And it's a good episode because it's about people doing good things. And I think we need to hear about people doing good things because there's so much..... bad stuff happening out there, as you know, so we won't talk about that. Instead I'll tell you this episode is about search and rescue. There is a transcription in the notes to help you if you need it. And if you want to help the podcast then please leave a good review on iTunes or subscribe on Spotify, or just tell your friends Okay, here we go!

(Interview)

Okay, so I was talking to a neighbor and I found out that he volunteers for some kind of interesting organization. So I thought maybe he would tell us about that.

Actually, my wife and I both volunteer with Sheriff's Search and Rescue, and we are a group of 150 volunteers that go out and look for lost or missing people anywhere in the county.

Okay, so that's the sheriff's...

Search and rescue

And you volunteer to go find lost people. Now, how does that work?

Well, you know, Grandpa goes out for a walk doesn't come home. You call, you know, if you're in the county, you call the sheriff's dispatch, explain it. The deputy will come out and investigate and if it's within reason for us to do, they will dispatch it. So they send out a text message that there's a call out and where it is, and we go out and search for him.

Okay, so what was the last search you went out on? Or some that you remember?

Well, Chelsea King, we looked for her for well over a week, Amber DuBois.

And these are, like, girls who went missing?

Yeah. Chelsea King went missing, actually, 12 years ago and was murdered by a perpetrator.

Oh my gosh! So we're talking about a missing girl who they didn't know what happened....

They called out Search and Rescue, and we worked on that for well over a week.

And in the end, did they find her?

Yes, she was located, unfortunately, deceased.

Oh my goodness. So it isn't always a happy ending, I guess.

No, it isn't. But it's it's a necessary thing, even if it's a homicide case, and we're sent out to see if we can locate the victim. It's necessary, you know, people need to be found and returned to their families.

And how about one with a happy ending? Let's give us a happy ending.

Oh, there's lots of happy endings. I don't remember the person's name. But down in National City one time we were looking for grandpa who'd only lived with the woman for a week. He'd come here from Texas, and when we found him – we located him about two o'clock in the morning – and she asked if she could thank everybody. We gathered all the searchers around and, through the tears, she said, "I never thought I'd see my Dad alive again. Thank you."

Okay, so there you have it. That's a... that's a great story. And I appreciate the time you took talking to us.

Oh, my pleasure.
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