Rescue Special Operations

T03:C13 - S03:E13 - The Dunes

The team are testing out their new quad bikes on the Kurnell dunes when they come across a critically injured boy, Shaun, in a smashed up dune buggy. The rescue attempt is impeded by the arrival of Shaun’s distraught father Graham who insists on evacuating the boy himself. A fist-fight is prevented when Dean convinces Graham to help them evacuate Shaun. Meanwhile Chase has a near miss with a frightened and confused local boy Todd, who flees Chase, only to collapse in an epileptic seizure. While the team extracts Shaun from the dune buggy, Chase, who has lost radio contact, walks Todd back to his house on the edge of the dunes. Todd’s single mother Stephanie’s relief at the return of her son quickly turns to fear when she discovers that Todd was the driver of the crashed dune buggy. When Shaun tragically dies from his injuries, Chase finds himself caught between two feuding families when Graham Cooper comes knocking on Stephanie’s door, determined to get answers from Todd. Put into the position as Todd and Stephanie’s protector, Chase manages to alert Dean, Lara and Zoe to the situation. Together they attempt to diffuse Graham’s anger and send him on his way. But Todd, who is badly injured from the buggy crash, races off into the dunes, forcing the team to co-ordinate a search and rescue effort. Chase finds Todd fitting in the dunes and is disturbed to discover that the seizure is not epilepsy but severe concussion from the dune buggy accident. With no means to transport him back to the mobile HQ, he is forced to wait for backup. But complicating Chase’s rescue of Todd is the face that Graham Cooper is now searching the dunes in his Ute, determined to have his revenge on the boy responsible for Shaun’s death. Meanwhile, Vince gives his eldest daughter Kate a job, hoping to motivate her into thinking about her post HSC future. But Vince and Kate clash, and when Vince heads off to Kurnell, it falls on Michelle to keep Kate occupied. A call out to a minor MVA sees the two women bonding as Michelle shows Kate the ropes, and Kate, in turn, teaches Michelle how to flirt with the sexy young driver.