Lesson 1 Bonding with Others
BREAKING NEWS
An Unusual Rescue Effort
A missing hiker named ____ Compean was found safe on Tuesday by a rescue team in Angeles National Forest.
It turns out ____ a photo played a key role in saving his life.
Let’s go over to Marissa Reynolds ____ more details on this story.
Thank you, Thomas. I’m standing here at the entrance of ____ National Forest.
As you just heard, Rene Compean ____ recently rescued from this forest.
Compean, an experienced hiker ____ knew the area well, went on a hike alone on April 12.
However, a recent forest fire had destroyed ____ signs, which caused him to take a wrong turn and get lost.
He tried shouting for ____ and even wrote SOS on the ground in case a plane or helicopter passed by.
He had planned to hike for only about two hours, but night ____ coming.
____ started getting very windy and the temperature was dropping quickly.
Compean was deep in the forest
Compean was deep in the forest, so his cell phone couldn’t get a ____
To make matters worse, its ____ was nearly dead.
He climbed up to a ____ spot and found a weak signal.
He used the last of his battery to send a text message to his ____
In the message, he said that he ____ lost and needed help.
He also sent ____ picture to show his surroundings.
Compean’s friend shared the message and ____ picture with the local police.
When the local police were informed of the missing hiker, they immediately sent a rescue ____
Despite ____ through the night, they still didn’t have any idea where Compean was.
In the ____ his legs were hanging over the edge of a canyon with rocks and green trees.
His legs were covered in black ____ from the recent forest fires.
However, the picture didn’t help the police much because the quality was poor due to the weak signal, and his ____ settings were turned off.
As Compean had already
As Compean had already spent one night in difficult conditions, the police worried about his ____ a second night.
So they ____ to use social media to find out if anyone could find clues in the picture.
They posted the picture and asked if anyone ____ the scenery.
The picture shared by the police was seen ____ a Californian named Ben Kuo.
One of his hobbies is examining satellite images to track forest fires and informing people of ____ dangers.
He also enjoys determining where pictures were taken and where movies ____ filmed.
When he ____ the picture of Compean, he was immediately interested.
When Kuo saw the black ash
When Kuo saw the black ash on Compean’s ____ it reminded him of a recent forest fire.
This helped him to ____ Compean’s approximate location.
Kuo was very familiar ____ the area because he had tracked the fire before and had checked the features of the area in satellite images.
From the plants and trees in Compean’s picture, Kuo ____ that it must be the south side of the mountain.
____ north side does not have any green valleys like those in the picture.
As a final step, ____ compared the view in Compean’s picture with more satellite images.
Finally, he found a match and provided ____ police with Compean’s probable location.
The police sent ____ rescue helicopter to the location and found Compean less than a mile away from the area indicated by Kuo.
Thanks to Kuo’s unusual skills, ____ was rescued unharmed.
He ____ thanked Kuo on a video call.
The local police are now reminding hikers who hike alone to ____ others of their planned route and to always bring a paper map.
This ____ Marissa Reynolds from LA. Now back to the studio.