What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of?

Not an accomplishment, but satisfied with the ending. I think I did post this story years back.

I had only been a State Trooper for a few years. I was assigned to the Berks County barracks outside of Reading. A young 14 y/o female went missing. We put together 3 searches with voluntary citizens of the area. On the third search, we had 102 volunteers and 12 Troopers. I was walking along a fairly wide stream and after I passed under a railroad overpass, I saw a large log lying that was partly in and partly out of the water along the edge of the stream that drew my attention and it appeared that legs and an arm were hanging out from under the log.

I walked down to the stream and I saw the log more clearly and I knew it was a body, so I went into the water about a foot and made a positive ID without disturbing anything. I also checked for a pulse, which there was none. I radioed my Sergeant and he and 2 other Troopers came to my position and agreed that we found a body. After she was removed under the log, she was identified as our missing girl and the parents were notified.

This isnā€™t considered as an accomplishment, but although the parents didnā€™t receive good news, they were thankful we found their daughter. The parents were able to give the child a decent burial and begin their grieving period. I felt horrible for them as did my fellow Troopers. We hoped and prayed for a better outcome. This case is when I started attending the funerals of victims that were found dead during my investigations. Later, about 2 years, the alleged suspect was found, prosecuted and found guilty. He was sentenced to life
w/o parole, plus he was also sentenced an additional 10 years for hiding and abusing a corpse.

I get teary-eyed just writing this post.
 
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911 said:
Not an accomplishment, but satisfied with the ending. I think I did post this story years back.

I had only been a State Trooper for a few years. I was assigned to the Berks County barracks outside of Reading. A young 14 y/o female went missing. We put together 3 searches with voluntary citizens of the area. On the third search, we had 102 volunteers and 12 Troopers. I was walking along a fairly wide stream....
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I envy your status as a trooper, knowing how hard the qualifications and job is, but I'm glad I don't have to deal with passing heart breaking information to others.

I remember when I let my mother tell my sister her "rescue" wandered into traffic and was hit. I buried it too as she couldn't stand to see him.
 
911 said:
Not an accomplishment, but satisfied with the ending. I think I did post this story years back.
I had only been a State Trooper for a few years. I was assigned to the Berks County barracks outside of Reading. A young 14 y/o female went missing. We put together 3 searches with voluntary citizens of the area. On the third search, we had 102 volunteers and 12 Troopers. I was walking along a fairly wide stream and after I passed under a railroad overpass, I saw a large log lying that was partly in and partly out of the water along the edge of the stream that drew my attention and it appeared that legs and an arm were hanging out from under the log.

I walked down to the stream and I saw the log more clearly and I knew it was a body, so I went into the water about a foot and made a positive ID without disturbing anything. I also checked for a pulse, which there was none. I radioed my Sergeant and he and 2 other Troopers came to my position and agreed that we found a body. After she was removed under the log, she was identified as our missing girl and the parents were notified.

This isnā€™t considered as an accomplishment, but although the parents didnā€™t receive good news, they were thankful we found their daughter. The parents were able to give the child a decent burial and begin their grieving period. I felt horrible for them as did my fellow Troopers. We hoped and prayed for a better outcome. This case is when I started attending the funerals of victims that were found dead during my investigations. Later, about 2 years, the alleged suspect was found, prosecuted and found guilty. He was sentenced to life, plus
w/o parole, plus he was also sentenced 10 years for hiding and abuse of a corpse.

I get teary-eyed just writing this post.
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All those people were looking, but you found her. I consider it a significant accomplishment, even though she was found too late to be saved. Without your help, she may never have been found. It's hard enough losing a family member, especially a child, but the pain of not knowing - going around in a state of constant worry and wondering what happened to her - may even be harder.
 
911 said:
Not an accomplishment, but satisfied with the ending. I think I did post this story years back.

I had only been a State Trooper for a few years. I was assigned to the Berks County barracks outside of Reading. A young 14 y/o female went missing. We put together 3 searches with voluntary citizens of the area. On the third search, we had 102 volunteers and 12 Troopers. I was walking along a fairly wide stream and after I passed under a railroad overpass, I saw a large log lying that was partly in and partly out of the water along the edge of the stream that drew my attention and it appeared that legs and an arm were hanging out from under the log.

I walked down to the stream and I saw the log more clearly and I knew it was a body, so I went into the water about a foot and made a positive ID without disturbing anything. I also checked for a pulse, which there was none. I radioed my Sergeant and he and 2 other Troopers came to my position and agreed that we found a body. After she was removed under the log, she was identified as our missing girl and the parents were notified.

This isnā€™t considered as an accomplishment, but although the parents didnā€™t receive good news, they were thankful we found their daughter. The parents were able to give the child a decent burial and begin their grieving period. I felt horrible for them as did my fellow Troopers. We hoped and prayed for a better outcome. This case is when I started attending the funerals of victims that were found dead during my investigations. Later, about 2 years, the alleged suspect was found, prosecuted and found guilty. He was sentenced to life, plus
w/o parole, plus he was also sentenced 10 years for hiding and abuse of a corpse.

I get teary-eyed just writing this post.
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In this case you might expect to not find a pulse. But in cases where a person appears unconscious how confident were you in comfirming a pulse vs a non-pulse.

Is it possible to to not feel a pulse when the person has one?
 

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