With his life torn apart by tragedy, Garrett finds a true lifesaver in the Golden Retriever pup, Mandy, that he rescues from a local shelter. Inspired by the heroic search and rescue teams he sees on television, he and Mandy become a trained SAR team.  Their first big challenge comes when a series of violent storms with vicious tornadoes rip through the high plains.<br><br>Dan has come home from Iraq shattered by the horrors he witnessed. Like his father and grandfather before him, he takes off on an old motorcycle to try to find peace and outrun his nightmares. Instead he finds a storm that almost takes his life.<br><br>Lucky for him, a special SAR team comes to his rescue. In Mandy and Garrett he just might find the unconditional love he needs to become whole again.

Rescued by Love

He didn’t have to tell her stay, even though he didn’t want her to risk coming back out. The wreckage was too unstable and full of hazards like jagged metal edges and nails sticking out of pieces of wood. Mandy meant too much to Garrett to see her injured if he could prevent it.


When the crew arrived, they proceeded in a methodical way, starting from the outer edge nearest the victim and working their way in bit by bit. It took almost an hour to get the debris removed to the point where the man was freed. He became semiconscious a couple of times and seemed to realize he was going to be rescued, but between shock and dehydration, he wasn’t able to talk coherently.


Chapter 4