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23 Nov. A glorious
moonlight night and we were tasked to Dartmeet
to look for a suicidal despondent who had driven
from Durham. He was found hiding under a bush
about 800m from his car, by the police
helicopter . The helicopter picked up the light
from a very small torch that the subject was
using. He was found as we assembled |
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13 Oct. An odd one this, we
were called for a motorist who had put his car
in a ditch near Blackaton Cross. He subsequently
melted into the surrounding countryside. He
texted his passengers to say that he was lying
in a ditch and minded to end it all. We were
called because he had previously attempted
suicide whilst in prison. He wasn’t found and
the police suspected he made his way back to
Plymouth |
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11 Sep. We were called to
go to Buckland Abbey to look for a 68 year old
Alzheimer’s sufferer. This came in whilst we
were scattered on a radio exercise . It was
passed to Tavistock team and we later assisted
them. The search was stood down at midnight and
resumed the following morning. Shortly after the
resumption the subject was found cold but
otherwise unscathed |
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6 Aug the team was in
Albaston, working with the Cornwall team in the
search for a 70 year old male Alzheimer's
sufferer. The gentleman in question was found
north of the search area and taken to hospital |
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15 Jul. We were tasked to
Peat Cott to assist Tavistock team look for
another D of E team. They were found as we
assembled |
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5 Jul. We were asked to
find a DofE team that had failed to show up at
their designated campsite at Buckland Ford. Our
RV was Shipley Bridge. Some team members were
sent up the Redlake track and found the
wanderers near Left Lake |
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10 Feb. The
first shout of 2007.
We were called to look for a Ten Tors
team, allegedly on Crow Tor, with one member
suffering from hypothermia. We deployed from
Holming Beam and the team was found near
Littaford Tor |
