INTRO: IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, A HOMELAND EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXERCISE TAKES REALISM TO A NEW LEVEL WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS.
ANNOUNCER: REALISM IS IMPORTANT DURING A MILITARY EXERCISE. IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT REALISM, CIVILIAN ROLE PLAYERS ARE SOMETIMES HIRED TO PLAY THE TOWNS PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE RESCUED. PEOPLE LIKE AN 84-YEAR OLD NORTH VERNON, INDIANA, RESIDENT NAMED SUE HORTON. SUE HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN MILITARY EXERCISES AT MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER FOR TEN YEARS NOW AND IT’S BECOME LIKE A REUNION EVERY YEAR, SHE SAYS.
HORTON ACTUALITY: A LOT OF THE ONES THAT I STARTED OUT WITH ARE STILL COMING BACK. IT’S KINDA LIKE OLD HOME WEEK. I JUST ENJOY COMING OUT AND VISITING WITH THEM.
ANNOUNCER: THE OTHER ROLEPLAYERS CALL SUE “GRANDMA”, TALKING OF HER EVER-PRESENT SMILE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE…NOT TO MENTION HER ACTING ABILITY. DURING GUARDIAN RESPONSE 19, SUE COULD MAKE ANY FIRST RESPONDER BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS REALLY IN DISTRESS. BUT AFTER BEING A ROLE-PLAYER FOR TH PAST TEN YEARS, WILL SHE BE BACK NEXT YEAR?
HORTON ACTUALITY: I’M 84. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THEM PRETTY GOOD THIS YEAR, BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT NEXT YEAR WILL BRING. IF I DON’T, I’LL HAVE GOOD MEMORIES.
ANNOUNCER: TO ALL THE ROLE-PLAYERS LIKE SUE WHO’VE GIVEN US GOOD MEMORIES, THANK YOU. WITH YOUR MUSCATATUCK MINUTE, I’M MASTER SERGEANT BRAD STAGGS.
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.15.2019 09:08 |
| Category: | Newscasts |
| Audio ID: | 57858 |
| Filename: | 1905/DOD_106756509.mp3 |
| Length: | 00:01:08 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Genre | News |
| Location: | BUTLERVILLE, INDIANA, US |
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