EDITORIAL: One day, surely, a movie will be made about the dramatic rescue of 23-year-old trampers Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, on Wednesday, their 19th day in the rugged Kahurangi National Park. He said they told each other each morning: “If it's not today, it will be tomorrow, if it’s not tomorrow it will be the next day.”But as much as they did right to ensure their own survival, the pair’s rescue would not have happened without a massive collective effort. It was the NZDF that completed the rescue after Gibb and his observers had checked out the smoke and confirmed O’Connor and Reynolds’ location. The effort went beyond that, though, to businesses supplying cooked meals to rescue personnel and people donating to the LandSAR response through a GiveaLittle page that had raised more than $31,500 by lunchtime on Thursday. Chances are, though, that when the credits roll it will be over shots depicting the genuine delight of the rescue personnel involved at bringing the pair safely back to their families.

Source: Stuff May 28, 2020 16:52 UTC