Through it all, NASA was deeply impressed at the keen eyes of the fire crews during the search. “They did not miss the slightest bit,” Arriëns said of the Native Americans with whom he searched on his first day. “They’d come to me with pieces under a quarter of an inch.” Debbie Awtonomow said, “They were phenomenal. One guy saw a puddle in the woods, and he knew from experience it didn’t look right. They found a six-foot beam buried in the mud under that puddle.”
