September 2, 2001 - 9:15pm - Unit #73 was returning to St. Louis from southern Missouri when the tire on the trailer he was pulling went flat on northbound I-55 at the Festus, MO exit in Jefferson County. 73 and his friend, who was driving a Jeep behind him, pulled onto the shoulder. The flat was on the drivers side and 73 wanted to turn on his lights to warn traffic while he changed it, since the speed limit was 70mph, but he had a Bronco on the trailer and it blocked his rear facing lights. So, 73 called 65 on his cell phone and asked if he could come to the scene. 65 drove the 25 miles to Festus, MO and stopped behind the Jeep with his lights on. He set out a flare, which slowed traffic dramatically, and 73 started to change the tire. 65 shined his flashlight on 73 so drivers could see him while he kneeled on the white line. He finished a few minutes later and continued back to St. Louis.

September 4, 2001 - 9:40pm - Unit #65 assisted two motorists partially blocking the right lane of westbound Highway 30 just west of I-270. The Bronco in front of the car was overheating when 65 stopped behind the car with his lights on. He asked the driver of the car if he needed any help. The driver told 65 he was waiting for the radiator in the Bronco to cool so he could pour in some antifreeze. 65 told the driver he would wait behind him until he got the Bronco going again. Five minutes later, he poured in the antifreeze and the Bronco driver started the engine. They both drove away a minute later.

September 6, 2001 - 9:45pm - Unit #220 and #65 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on northbound I-270 just north of I-44. The female driver told 220 she called for a tow truck but it had an ETA of one hour. 220 offered to the change the tire so she didn't have to wait; she agreed. 220 got out his hydraulic jack and started to change the tire on the driver's side of the car. 65 put out a flare and waved traffic out of the right lane while 220 kneeled on the white line and changed the tire. 220 finished a short time later and she was on her way.

September 6, 2001 - 10:15pm - Unit #220 and #65 assisted a motorist on the narrow shoulder of southbound I-270 just north of I-44. The driver told 220 he was out of gas. 65 offered to pour some gas in his tank but the driver said his wife was already on the way with some. 65 and 220 remained behind him until she arrived a few minutes later.

September 8, 2001 - 9:20pm - Unit #65 (with unit #02 riding along) assisted a motorist with a flat tire on northbound I-270 just south of Highway 30. The motorist didn't have a lugnut wrench in his car so 65 let the driver use his. It was the wrong size so 65 called 73 and asked him if he could come to the scene with a 4-way lugnut wrench. 73 told him he was working and couldn't respond but 65 could drive to his truck (a short distance away) and get the wrench out of the back of the truck. 65 left the motorist, got the wrench, and came back to the scene. The driver then used 65's hydraulic jack and the wrench to change the tire on the left side of the car while 65 waved traffic out of the right lane (in the rain).

September 8, 2001 - 9:40pm - Unit #220 assisted a motorist partially blocking the right lane of southbound I-270 just south of I-44. The driver told 220 she had a dead battery and needed a jump start. 220 called to 65 over the GMRS radio to find out his location. 02 (in 65's car) answered his call and explained they were helping the driver in the above report. 220 requested that when they finished, that they respond to his location with the jumper pack to jump start the car. A minute later, a Sunset Hills Police officer stopped behind 220. 220 explained the situation to him and he told 220 he would remain at the scene and direct traffic. 65 and 02 arrived a few minutes later and stopped in front of the motorist. 65 hooked up the jumper pack and the car started up. The motorist then continued on her way.

September 8, 2001 - 9:50pm - Unit #65 (with 02 riding along) and unit #220 had just finished helping the motorist in the above report when they heard a call come over the scanner to the Sunset Hills Police officer about a vehicle accident at I-270 and I-44. 65 and 220 turned around at Highway 30 and proceeded back northbound on I-270 towards I-44. They followed the Sunset Hills officer in the pouring rain onto the ramp from I-270 to westbound I-44. At the end of the ramp, there was a van off the highway at the bottom of a thirty foot ditch. 65 and 220 stopped farther behind the officer on the shoulder while the officer stopped in the right lane blocking it. Other police and fire trucks arrived a few minutes later. 65, 02, and 220 remained at the scene for over an hour since there was a blind curve behind the police cars and motorists merging from the right couldn't see the police cars until they got right up on them. They were able to see 65's and 220's lights further back and slowed before they got to the police cars.

September 9, 2001 - 7:10pm - Unit #02 and unit #65 were in the Ponderosa parking lot on Lindbergh Blvd. at I-55 when a little dog walked up to them. The dog had an out-of-state rabies tag so they put the dog in 65's car and checked the nearby motel for the owner. The motel clerk told 02 he had seen the dog before and thought it was a stray. 02 called the St. Louis County Police and they said they would send Animal Control to their location. After waiting over an hour, 02 and 65 heard someone calling a name. 02 saw a man coming from the motel and he asked him if he was looking for a black dog. It turned out the dog was his so 65 gave the dog to him and explained what had happened. Animal Control arrived a minute later and 02 explained that they had located the owner of the dog.

September 14, 2001 - 10:00pm - Unit #02 was driving on eastbound I-44 at Lewis Road when he noticed something in the middle lane. 02 slowed and saw the object was an American flag. 02 stopped in the middle lane of the interstate and got out to pick up the flag. When he picked it up, the other motorists saw it was an American flag and stopped on the Interstate. They clapped and cheered as 02 walked back to his car with the flag in hand. 02 later said to 65 "It was a sight".

September 15, 2001 - 10:00pm - Unit #220 was meeting unit 65 and 02 on the QT lot at Bowles and I-44 when a teenager started transmitting over GMRS and called them a few names that can't be printed on this web site. 220, 65, and 02 suspected that he didn't have a GMRS license. The teenager began talking to his friends, who also had radios, and they started playing a hide-and-seek game using the GMRS radios. 220, 02, and 65 drove around the area an started to triangulate their location. They found the teenagers a short distance away behind a gas station. They watched as the teenagers went into the gas station. 02 took off his REACT vest and entered the gas station to see what they were doing. They walked into the bathroom and came out a minute later. 02 entered the bathroom and found empty battery packages on the floor. 02 showed the gas station owner what he found in the bathroom and explained to him what the teenagers had been doing. The owner said he would have to rewind the security tape to find out if they stole the batteries. 02 radioed to 220 about what he found so 220 walked up to the teens, who were in a SUV behind the station, and asked them if they had a GMRS license. They said they didn't so he explained to them the difference between FRS and GMRS and how REACT listens for emergency calls on GMRS. 65 then pulled up in his car and turned on his strobe lights in front of the teens to stop them from leaving. 220 then flagged down a St. Louis County Police officer driving past the lot. He explained the situation to the officer and the officer started talking to the teens. 02, 65, and 220 then told the gas station owner that the police had arrived. He told them he was going to check the video tape. 220, 02, and 65 then left the scene since there was nothing more they could do.

September 26, 2001 - 9:00pm - Unit #65 assisted a motorist on southbound I-270 at Highway 30. There were two pickup trucks on the shoulder when 65 arrived, one was turned sideways in the grass, so 65 asked the driver if he needed any help. He told 65 he needed a jump start and the cables they were trying to use were too short. 65 hooked up his jumper pack to the dead battery and the driver tried to start the engine. It still wouldn't start after a few attempts so 65 asked him if he wanted a tow truck. He told 65 he would leave the truck there overnight and call one in the morning. He thanked 65 for helping and left in his friend's truck.

September 27, 2001 - 10:30pm - Unit #65 and unit #220 assisted a motorist with a flat tire on southbound I-270 just south of Highway 30. 65 and 220 showed the motorist how to lower his spare tire and then assisted him in changing the tire. He thanked them for stopping to help.