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Searching through the rubble Mission firefighters return from Nepal Carol Aun MISSION RECORD
Sammy barked excitedly at a pile of rubble in Katmandu. The way the three-year-old Lab bounced around told her handler, Mission Fire Chief Larry Watkinson, that there was somebody alive under the collapsed building. The discovery gave the rescue team hope that lives could still be saved after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal three days earlier on April 25. When the men carefully dug through the debris, they uncovered the source of the live scent Sammy picked up. It was a chicken, still in its crate. Watkinson and Mission Fire/Rescue Captain Norm MacLeod, along with their specially trained dogs, Sammy and Scribbles, were part of a 24-member team made up of firefighters, doctors, nurses and search and rescue experts from around the Lower Mainland and Valley that travelled to the Asian country to help with rescue efforts. The area was dusty, hot and humid. Flies were everywhere, and the smell of garbage lingered in the streets as people burned trash. Dressed in boots, helmets and coveralls, Watkinson and MacLeod led their dogs through 12 square kilometres of Katmandu looking for earthquake victims still trapped in buildings. There were a total of three dogs on the team, and each one searched an area with their handler before another arrived later to confirm any findings. In addition to the dogs, the team also carried special sound equipment that could detect the slightest scratching under the surface. “Our job was to assess the risk and search the piles of rubble in the area,” said Watkinson. If the team found someone alive, they were to dig them CONTINUED ON 3
Mission Fire Chief Larry Watkinson (left) and Captain Norm MacLeod, along with their highly trained dogs Sammy and Scribbles, help with search and rescue efforts in Nepal after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on April 25. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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