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TELLS US ONE
MAN IS LOOKING TO HELP WITH A
BIRD'S EYE VIEW DURING THESE
HIGH TENSION NIGHTS
IN ACCOMACK COUNTY.
JIM KACZMAREK OWNS THIS SINGLE
ENGINE PLANE. HE SAYS HE'S A
PILOT -- NOT A VIGILANTE.
JIM SAYS HE JUST WANTS TO HELP
POLICE CATCH THE ARSONIST.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS AN
ARSON UNTIL THEY STARTED
HAPPENING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN AND BY ABOUT DECEMBER
FOURTH I HAD HAD ENOUGH OF JUST
SITTING AROUND LISTENING TO THE
NEWS AND DECIDED TO GO UP AND
TRY TO DO
SOMETHING. JIM IS A 9 YEAR
MILITARY VET OUT
FROM HAMPTON ROADS. HE'S ONLY
LIVED ON THE EASTERN SHORE
FOR A FEW YEARS. BUT HE WANTS
TO HELP.
I FEEL THE BEST WAY TO DO
SOMETHING WITHOUT RUNNING
AROUND AND DOING
SOMETHING ILLEGAL OR TRYING TO
BE A VIGILANTE CATCHING THIS GUY
IS TO GO UP
IN AN AIRPLANE AND DO A LITTLE
ARIAL SEARCHING.
WHILE KACZMAREK KEEPS HIS EYES
PEELED FROM THE SKY.
HE ALSO KEEPS TO A FLIGHT PLAN
-- OF SORTS.
NORMALLY I DON'T GO UP ON A
NIGHT THAT A FIRE IS ALREADY
REPORTED. BY THEN I FIGURE IT'S
TOO LATE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SEE ANYTHING. MY STRATEGY HAS
BEEN
GOING UP BEFORE DUSK AND JUST
FLYING GRID PATTERNS AND
SEARCHING AND
LOOKING FOR UNUSUAL ACTIVITY.
JIM DOES NOT USE THE EQUIPMENT
ALONE.
HE ALWAYS HAS SOMEONE WITH HIM
IN THE PLANE.
WATCHING -- FROM HIGH ABOVE.
HOPING TO CATCH THE FIRE AS IT'S
STARTING BEFORE IT'S REPORTED
WHERE I HAVE A LARGE
PICTURE OF THE AREA AROUND THE
SCENE AND MAYBE WE CAN CATCH A
VEHICLE
HALFWAY DOWN OR A HALF MILE DOWN
THE ROAD AND JUST FOLLOW IT AND
SEE WHERE IT TURNS AND MAYBE
PROVIDE A LEAD. IT COULD BE A
DEAD END BUT YOU
NEVER KNOW YOU COULD GET LUCKY.
AGAIN JIM SAYS SAFETY IS ALWAYS
FIRST WITH HIM.
AND HE'S NOT LOOKING TO SINGLE
HANDEDLY CATCH THE PEOPLE
SETTING THE FIRES.
HE JUST WANTS TO HELP POLICE AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN ACCOMACK
COUNTY
JOINING US NOW IS MIKE LOWE FROM