Elizabeth shares the riveting story of Americas first nuclear accident. Located near the small town of Idaho Falls, Idaho the National Reactor Testing Station was the newest development in energy at the time. The men working at the various reactors were pioneering the field. Unfortunately, the powerful neutrons within the reactor proved to be more impactful than the men wielding it.

On January 3, 1961 the SL-1 reactor explodes leaving its three crew men dead inside. Rescue workers are posed with the life threatening task to retrieve their bodies. Facing levels of radiation double to triple what their meters were initially reading.

Sources

Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of Americas First Nuclear Accident

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In this weeks episode Elizabeth and Michelle share powerful personal stories of heroes from their own lives. Everyone has a hero of some kind in their lives. We love to hear about those heroes. Email us to share some of your personal stories

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In this weeks episode Michelle shares the rivoting story of Juliane Koepcke and how she and her family were instrumental in protecting a small area in the Amazon Rainforest. Not only did they study and live near the small area within the rainforest but Juliane Koepcke survived in it. LANSA Flight 508 went down in the depths of the jungle and after 10 days Juliane was the only survivor.

Sources:

When I fell from the sky - Juliane Koepcke

The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time- Cara TABACHNICK

Join Elizabeth and Michelle in another fascinating Brave bits episode. Learn about heroes who dedicate to make others likes better and Search and Rescue missions that leave the very rescuers lives in peril. And of course some fun questions!

Sources

15 Search and Rescue Stories by Shaun Roundy

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation www.abc.net.edu

purplehearthomesusa.org

www.cnn.com/2013/08/01/world/africa/cnnheroes-bwelle-cameroon-doctor

In this weeks episode Elizabeth shares a story about James Howard an Englishmen who travels across the world to live and work with elephants in the jungle of Myanmar. Bill changes the way elephants are cared for and treated in the teak logging industry and he also is instrumental in the use of elephants during WWII.

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Sources:Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II by Vickie Constantine Croke

In this weeks episode Michelle takes us on a fun adventure learning about rats, horses, bees, dolphins, and sea lions. Each of these animals have interesting ways that they help people from mine detection to lung cancer diagnosis and everything in between!

Elizabeth and Michelle also play a fun game guessing what different animals are used for certain tasks around the world.

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Sources

APOPO.org

BBC

Michigan State Universiry

KRTV

Holding Hope Facebook page

NIWC

Dolphinproject.org

Project Marine Mammal

In this weeks episode Michelle and Elizabeth honor heroes from the terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001.

The first half of this episode is a breakdown of the events that unfolded that day. The second half is stories of heroes, both human and animal, who responded to the incidents.

This week we encourage you all to not forget the events of 9/11 and the incredible heroes that responded from around the world.

To remember and honor our fallen heroes take some time this week to do something good that you wouldn't typically do.

For more information on the event refer to the 9/11 memorial website

https://timeline.911memorial.org/?_gl=1*d1uln4*_gcl_au*MTEzODgwNzE1MC4xNzU2MjM5ODQx#FrontPage

Other sources

The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett Graff

At the end of part 1 Marc, Keith, and Tom have spent almost two years as hostages. In part 2 of this story Elizabeth shares more of the gut wrenching experiences of the three men as well as their heroic and miraculous rescue by the Colombian Army.

Sources

Out of Captivity Surviing 1967 Days in the Colombian Jungle Marc Gonsalvezs, Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, with Gary Brozek

https://arsof-history.org/articles/pdf/v14n3_op_jaque.pdf

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