'Search angels' find survivors of California wildfire
119 views · Published 15 December 2018 · 5:01 · Indexed 25 September 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(10 Dec 2018) In the aftermath of Northern California's catastrophic wildfire, social media sites filled with posts from people trying to find loved ones in and near the town of Paradise. A group of women scattered across the U.S. knew they could help. The women volunteer as "search angels," those who help adoptees find their biological parents. So far, they have tracked down nearly 250 people and linked them with friends and family who were looking for them. They've become known as the Angels of Paradise. Diana Sauer, 39, feels a sense of gratitude and wonder for the work of the angels, who use methods for finding people that many don't know exist. "I owe them everything," said Sauer, who lives in the San Francisco area but grew up in Paradise and was worried about her father's best friend, Russell Anderson. "I don't think I would have found him without them." Anderson is 70 and lived simply, she said, with no cellphone or internet. "It made him one of those very difficult people to find," said Sauer, who knew Anderson had no children but was close with his ex-wife's daughter, Charmaine. Sauer did not know Charmaine's last name, but the angels found her. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/49f0174c38001f4fdb57134c078d0ebd
