The Rescue Team That Brought a Body Bag
In January 2024, a search-and-rescue crew in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado set out to recover the body of 34-year-old hiker Daniel Ostrander. He...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 16:1-8.
In January 2024, a search-and-rescue crew in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado set out to recover the body of 34-year-old hiker Daniel Ostrander. He had been missing for five days in subzero conditions. No one survives that. The team packed a body bag and a stretcher. They rehearsed the grim protocol for notifying his parents. One volunteer later admitted she had already started composing the words in her head.…
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