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Missing 22 year old female
By Bob Sairs
The call came
from Rob Gardner at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday
evening. He informed me we had a mission for
Alicia Dawn Clark, a 22 year old female. The girl
left Lawler Lodge about 4:30 in the afternoon,
and had not returned.
I changed
clothes, put my equipment, etc. into the truck
and left Indio, headed for Lawler Lodge by way of
Banning and route 243, arriving about 11:30 p.m.
When I
arrived, Walt and Kevin Walker along with Mary
Bowman were in base camp. There were two search
teams already in the field, consisting of Jim
Fairchild with Bud White, and Henry Negrete with
Ron Pierson.
Not long after
I arrived, Joe Erickson came into base and Kevin
assigned him as Ops Leader. Walt and Kevin, who
were both fighting the "flu bug,"
headed for home and hearth.
Shortly after
they left Mary Bowman decided to go into the
lodge and call the subjects father. While
she was doing so, I stayed in the van and stood
radio watch. About 1:25 a.m. there was a tapping
on the window of the van, and lo and behold a
young lady was standing out there. She said,
"I think I have been lost since late
afternoon." My reply was, "Well you
arent anymore, but Ill bet
youre cold, so lets go into the lodge
and get warm." We did just that and I turned
the young lady over to Mary Bowmans expert
care.
I returned to
the van and radioed the search teams to return to
base. They did so. Walt and Kevin, who heard of
the subjects return via their radio, also
came back.
There was a
critique of the mission that ended about 3:30
a.m. Everyone then headed for home. I arrived
home about 5:00 a.m. pleased that I had a part in
"finding" the young lady.
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