helpfulcharlie
Probably not the real Chuck Finley
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I feel for the searchers. The planners, the people on the ground. They're not without feelings and opinions of their own. As a searcher, like everyone else, you start out with the stated set of facts, and you base your searching, and your attitude you bring to the field, around those beliefs. And then more facts start to emerge (even if you stay mostly out of the planning area and focus on completing your tasks, you hear things), and the facts as you perceive them begin to morph, and maybe you find your perception of what actually went down, and thus what you're trying to accomplish, has changed.
I think a lot about Aliayah Lunsford, and how many people worked tirelessly for days searching for that little girl, who they were told wandered off, and how much of a slap in the face it was to all of them, both trained professionals and untrained local volunteers, who put themselves at risk searching for something they were never going to find.
I'm not saying that's what happened here, that would be presumptuous. But that happens often enough that when you're on the ground on a multi-day search for a child, you have to be wondering, that's all. And maybe if people would start thinking beyond themselves just a little bit more, that kind of thing would happen a little bit less.
Hope those searchers are being taken care of.
I think a lot about Aliayah Lunsford, and how many people worked tirelessly for days searching for that little girl, who they were told wandered off, and how much of a slap in the face it was to all of them, both trained professionals and untrained local volunteers, who put themselves at risk searching for something they were never going to find.
I'm not saying that's what happened here, that would be presumptuous. But that happens often enough that when you're on the ground on a multi-day search for a child, you have to be wondering, that's all. And maybe if people would start thinking beyond themselves just a little bit more, that kind of thing would happen a little bit less.
Hope those searchers are being taken care of.