Sandy, thanks for encouraging people to search!
A Morgantown-based all-volunteer search and rescue group, the
Mountaineer Area Rescue Group, is assisting with this search.
MARG is always looking for new members, and we provide all the
necessary training. I want to encourage anyone who has been touched
by this story and is curious about getting involved in SAR to attend a
MARG meeting. Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of every month at
6:30 pm in the Star City Volunteer Fire Department. To learn more,
please call our chair, Don Ferguson at (304) 290-9118, or call me,
Mary Schmidt, (304) 288-1378.
Last year MARG assisted local agencies (State Police, Fire
Departments, etc.) on more than 30 missions, including wilderness
searches for lost persons and rescue of the injured from hiking,
hunting, or other outdoor accidents. We also assist with
semi-technical and technical outdoor rescues.
The MARG web page is http://www.sargroup.info/.
You can sign up for our YahooGroups email list at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/marg/
Thanks,
Mary
--- In Morgantown_Running@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Offutt"
<sandyoffutt@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone.....they are looking for volunteers to show up at Canaan
> Valley Nature Center to help look for this missing 18 year old with
> Autisum lost in Dolly Sods.
>
> We could cover more ground running than most volunteers walking.
>
> They ask that you bring food, water and light. They are searching
> through the night.
>
> Can anyone else go today? My car is in the shop so I would need a
> ride, but I can go today through tomorrow and help pay for gas.
>
> Anyone else up for it?
>
> Call my cell phone 288-9558 ASAP
>
> Sandy
>