Interviewer: Let’s say I’m lost in a wooded area like this. What should I do to aid in my own rescue? Jeremy: Even in thick forest terrain, someone lost can travel about two miles per hour. In two hours, that’s a four-mile radius, making for a possible search area of over fifty square miles. That’s why we tell people to stay put and let someone find them. Unfortunately, studies have shown about sixty-five percent of lost people in that situation don’t stay put. Interviewer: Why is that? Jeremy: Denial. Interviewer: Denial? As if sensing Emilie’s stare, Jeremy glanced at her. They were only
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