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IN A FANTASTIC WAY ON THIS
OCCASION.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE
DISASTER.
IF YOU WERE BEING CRITICAL AT
ALL, AND NOW IS PROBABLY NOT THE
RIGHT TIME BUT YOU'RE A GUY THAT
WILL BE IN THE THICK OF THIS
AGAIN AND AGAIN IN SIMILAR
SITUATIONS, IS IT SIGHTLY
RECKLESS OF A FAMILY WHEN
TEMPERATURES ARE SO COLD AND THE
BLIZZARD IS SO STRONG TO VENTURE
OUT LOOKING FOR THRILL SEEKING
IN THIS SITUATION?
>> YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, PIERS,
PEOPLE GO OUT FOR ALL KINDS OF
REASONS, I'M CERTAINLY NOT IN A
POSITION TO CRITICIZE OR PRAISE
THEIR ACTIVITY.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE IF
PEOPLE DO GO AND GET IN TROUBLE,
THERE IS COMMUNITY RESOURCE, THE
LOCAL SHERIFFS AGENCY, STATE
RESOURCE AND EVEN FEDERAL
RESOURCE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN
THIS SEARCH.
OUR JOB IS TO RECOVER THEM,
BRING THEM BACK AS BEST WE CAN.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A POSITION,
NOR WOULD I EVEN BEGIN TO PUT
MYSELF IN THEIR POSITION AND
CRITICIZE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THEY DID GOOD THINGS THAT CAUSED
THEIR SURVIVAL AND ENDED UP
MAKING THEM SURVIVE THROUGH WHAT
WAS A TERRIBLE OCHO DEAL.
I'M JUST HAPPY THAT HE USED HIS
OWN INGENUITY AND THE COMMUNITY
WAS ABLE TO COME TOGETHER,
PROVIDE RESOURCE FOR US, PROVIDE
RESOURCE FOR THE SHERIFF HERE
WHO DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND THE
SHERIFF WOULD PROBABLY BE HERE,
WERE HE NOT EXHAUSTED AND HE DID
A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR THIS
COMMUNITY.
>> AND THAT MOMENT, PALM, WHEN
YOU HEARD THAT IT WAS GOOD NEWS
AND THEY WERE ALIVE AND WELL,
THAT MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST
SATISFYING PARTS ON YOUR JOB,
ISN'T IT?
>> IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE
PSYCHOKICK INCOME.
IT'S THE THING WE GET THAT
DOESN'T MATTER HOW LITTLE OR HOW
MUCH I'M PAID.
THE FACT IS THAT'S WHAT MAKES
THIS SUCH A GOOD JOB.
IT CAN BE TRAGIC BUT TODAY WAS A
GREAT OUTCOME AND WE LIVE WITH
THAT.
>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU,
PAUL, AND YOUR TEAM.
THEY DID A SPECTACULAR JOB.
LAST NIGHT I SPOKE TO THE MOTHER
OF ONE OF THE CHILDREN WHO WAS
OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY ANXIOUS AND
SHE CAN NOW HAVE A GREAT
CHRISTMAS WITH HER LITTLE GIRL
AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED CAN HAVE
A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND I THANK
YOU AND APPLAUD YOU AND THE TEAM
FOR THE TREMENDOUS EFFORT YOU
DID TO SAVE THEIR LIVES AND
JOANN, WHEN YOU SPEAK TO THEM,
TELL THEM I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK
TO THEM.