Tag: Service
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K9 Finleigh
After deploying in Abaco after Hurricane Dorian, I returned to the US determined to fulfill a decades-old dream of being a K9 handler. The timing wasn’t right when I was still an LEO, and I was already on a specialized unit (dive team). So I located a volunteer SAR team near me, reached out, and… Read more …
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Hurricane Dorian Relief 2019
Abaco Islands, The Bahamas On Sept. 1, 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Abaco Islands, The Bahamas, as one of the strongest storms ever recorded. A 20-plus-foot wall of water—a deadly storm surge—engulfed Abaco, leveling nearly everything in its path and taking with it likely thousands of lives as it receded. The storm hovered over the… Read more …
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Red Death 2018
A local grassroots organization, Hands Along the Water, organized a statewide demonstration during the red tide outbreak that killed an astonishing number of creatures and sickened people who lived nearby. Thousands of people spread across many Gulf Coast beaches and joined hands. The masks were not for show, as red tide causes respiratory distress. Along… Read more …
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