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Revisiting Scott Hammond and Nancy Green on 'Search and Rescue' On Monday's Access Utah

If you were lost on a mountain, who would come to your rescue? Mother Nature can be harsh, especially if you're unprepared or in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fortunately, hundreds of men and women are wiling to risk their lives to bring other to safety.

Nancy Green's new documentary film takes a behind-the-scenes look at Utah's first-responder Search and Rescue and Rescue volunteers, and shows how life and death experiences have shaped their lives. The film is title Search and Rescue. we'll be joined by USU professor and SAR volunteer Scott Hammond and filmmaker Nancy Green and we'll hear sound clips from the film. Search and Rescue airs May 9 at 8pm, May 21 at 4pm and May 22 at 9pm on KUED. 

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.