year in this country. in new mexico, a group of third graders were lost hiking on a school trip and found safely 45 minutes after searchers got the call. in west virginia, a search and rescue team gives the family of robert pore closure after finding his body. driven by research and guided by human behavior cutting search times from days to hours. one of the tools we use is a resource called lost person behavior. it was a book written by dr. robert kessler. and it provides dozens of profiles of different missing person categories that we can draw from to get an idea of how people tend to move. reporter: the author says it comes down to time. time is not the friend of the lost person. most people who are found in the first 24 hours are going to have a 95% chance or higher of being found alive.
A group of House Republicans is requesting additional answers after the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a nearly $5 million grant to EcoHealth Alliance, which has attracted scrutiny for its coronavirus research.