Focus: We Keep Us Safe

Adults in the Room: Mounting Danger

Focus: We Keep Us Safe

Show Notes

In 1998, a popular teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle falls into a crevasse while mountain-climbing in Olympic National Park. Six of his teenage students then pull off a daring rescue.

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