We received a call for a Chevy truck with a broken pitman arm in the Capitol Reef National Park. We grabbed parts from the parts store and loaded tools in the jeep and put the jeep on the trailer. We went to meet the customer at the Visitors Center. On our way over we noticed clouds on the mountain. It began raining as we entered the Park. We continued on to the Visitors Center and picked up the customer. There were reports of flooding throughout the Park. We headed in to talk with the Rangers to see if we could get to where we needed to go but soon realized the severity of what was going on and instead tried to offer our services to help reach any stranded people or help the Rangers access areas they couldn't. It got to the point they had to bring in a helicopter to help get stranded hikers out. We went in to the flood area after being given access by the Park Service, I DO NOT CONDONE HOW WE WENT IN TO A FLOOD AREA WHILE IT WAS STILL RAINING... It was stupid on my part but we were trying to help the Rangers with communication and accessing the situation. Once the second storm hit things got worse and we decided to leave and let them handle it. We talked with them about bringing our trucks in to help with vehicle recovery the following day to help keep their equipment free to opening roads. Our main goal is to try to help in situations like this especially in assisting the Parks in our area during emergencies. However not having any previous dealings with Capital Reef they were hesitant to let us help. (which I completely understand and have no issues with). Luckily in this whole situation nobody was seriously injured. Some vehicles were lost, but those things can be replaced. On the 3rd day we were given permission to access beyond the flood area to get the customers truck out. So we did. I hope you enjoy the video and above all take away on understanding of being careful and mindful of the weather when visiting our beautiful area. Thank you everyone for watching and supporting us.

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