Sarah Hill, newscaster for KOMU-TV Channel 8 in
Columbia, Missouri is known for her award winning “Sarah’s Stories.”
Sarah has traveled from mid-Missouri to Sri Lanka in pursuit of stories of
extraordinary human interest, so going to Vietnam to film a
“distribution” of PETs and wheelchairs was a perfect fit. What could
be more exciting than interviewing and filming mobility impaired men,
women and children on the ground one minute and, the next, seated upright,
mobile, dignified, and filled with hope?
Sarah and KOMU-TV videographer, Scott Schaefer,
accompanied by PET co-founder, Larry Hills; PET International volunteer
executive director, Steve Baima; and retired nurse from Ashland, Missouri,
“Vee” Faschiotti, joined up with a 9 member volunteer team from Hope
Haven International Ministries (HHIM). Four hundred wheelchairs and 40
PETs were shipped to Vietnam by HHIM, a primary distribution partner for
PET. The distribution occurred at Da Nang, a large city on the coast about
midway between north and south Vietnam.
Volunteers from HHIM led by Val Brummell evaluated the
recipients to determine the appropriate wheelchair or PET. Larry and Steve
assembled and adjusted PETs to fit recipients. Physical and occupational
therapists, and others specially trained were in charge of “seating”.
Vee, with the aid of an interpreter, conducted exit interviews. All the
while, Sarah and Scott interviewed and filmed. They documented a snapshot
of time illustrating the lives of our brothers and sisters, their plight
without mobility, and their hopes and dreams for a future with mobility.
KOMU-TV Channel 8 (mid-Missouri NBC) aired the PET
series of Sarah’s Stories in mid-Missouri in February and March 2007.
"Mercy in Motion" earned Sarah and Scott 2 Emmys
Mercy in Motion
Mercy in Motion by Sarah Hill, KOMU-TV
PET International
503 E. Nifong Blvd. #186
Columbia, MO 65201-3717 USA
www.PETInternational.org
PET@PETInternational.org
Part 1 KOMU's Sarah Hill and Scott Schaefer
traveled to Danang Vietnam with Hope Have International Ministries and the
P.E.T. Project to produce a four-part series on the humanity of some to
help others who can't walk.
Part 2
DANANG, VIETNAM - In Vietnam, more than 6,000 people are on a waiting list
for some form of mobility. In Danang, the PET project of Columbia, MO is
working to make the list a little shorter. Sarah Hill and Scott Schaefer
show you how the volunteer work not only provides mobility, but
profitability as well.
Part 3 DANANG, VIETNAM - Next month, the PET Project will roll out
its ten-thousandth personal energy transportation, or PET. Travel to Danang
Vietnam with Sarah Hill and Scott Schaefer as they show you how the PET
Project is helping give the gift of mobility.
Part 4 DANANG, VIETNAM - While Columbia was
experiencing 15 inches of snow a few months back, a team of Boone County
volunteers was dealing with a typhoon on the other side of the world. Tag
along with KOMU's Sarah Hill and Scott Schaefer in Part 4 of the two time
Emmy Award winning "Mercy in Motion" series to see how
volunteers help change the lives of those around the world.