SHE
SHE IS
SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER UNDERWATER DISCOVERIES. NOW A LOCAL EXPLORER WILL BE PART
OF A SHOW AIRING ON THE
DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHIPWRECK
HUNTER VALERIE VAN HEEST IS
HERE TO TELL US ABOUT NEXT 4@
EPISODE OF EXPEDITION UNKNOWN.
THIS IS SO EXCITING 4@ON MANY
LEVELS ONE THAT YOU GET TO DO
IT AND THAT YOU'RE FROM WEST
MICHIGAN AND THAT WE 4@HAVE THI
YOU KNOW 4@THING LURKING IN THE
BOTTOM I DO WANT TO GIVE TOO
MUCH AWAY BUT YO4@U KNOW YOU'RE
YOU GO ON YOUR JOURNEY. YEAH.
IT ALL BEGAN REALLY I 4@EPISODE
JUST A SMALL PART IN AN EPISODE
LAST YEAR ON THIS SHOW 4@AND JU
IN THE COURSE OF FILMING I
TALKED TO THE HOST AND HE SAID
WHAT ARE YO4@U DOING? I TOLD HI
ABOUT THIS PLANE CRASH AND US
TRYING TO SOLVE IT. AND HE SAID
I WANT4@ TO COME AND SO 4@WHEN
YOU ACTUALLY FILM THE APPS.
WELL WE FILMED IT IN AUGUST AND
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CREW
EVER SINCE 4@THEY'RE REALLY
TRYING TO GET ACCURACY ON THIS @
REALITY TELEVISION RIGHT TO BE
ACCURATE. HOW ABOUT THAT AND
THEY WE'VE BEEN FEEDING THEM 4@
LOT OF THE INFORMATION THE
IMAGES. WE'VE HAD A CHANCE 4@TO
REVIEW THE FILM BEFORE IT AIRS
WHICH IS REALLY SORT OF UNHEARD
OF UNHEARD OF IN TV LAND. SO 4@
TALENT CAN YOU TELL 4@US ANYTHI
ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS LIKE TO GO
WITH THEM. GIVE US4@ ANY LITTLE
YOU KNOW IT'S A LOT OF STANDING
AROUND I 4@LEARNED TH4@AT ABOUT
FILM MAYHAN. IT'S A LOT OF
RETAKES. THIS HOST IS
PHENOMENAL AT WHAT HE DOES.
HE'S A REAL ARCHAEOLOGIST 4@HE
REALLY CAN COME TO THE MATTER.
YOU KNOW TH4@E IMPORTANT MATTER
HERE AND HE KNOWS HOW TO SAY 4@
THANKS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE
DO. SO A LOT OF TIMES I WOULD
SAY 4@SOMETHING AND HE'D SAY SA
IT AGAIN LIKE THIS. SO EVEN
THOUGH IT'S REAL THERE IS A
LITTLE BIT OF HOLLYWOODS 4@
INVOLVED IN THIS BUT THAT'S
WHAT MAKES THE SHOW GREAT. HOW @
DID YOU GET ANY CLOSER TO. WE
ACTUALLY 4@DID. THIS PARTICULAR
CREW WA4@S VERY INTERESTED IN
SPENDING 4@TIME ON THE LAKE
ACTUALLY ARRANGE FOR SOME
EQUIPMENT FOR US TO USE. AND WE
COVERED A LOT OF GROUND WE HAD
SOME VERY 4@JUST YESTERDAY.
THAT'S 4@ALL WE NEEDED WAS JUST
LITTLE BIT OF THAT HEEST CAN
YOU JUST GIVE US THE BACKSTORY
ON THE PLANE CRASH. YEAH. JUNE
24 JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT 4@THIS
PLANE WAS TRAVELING FROM MINI 4@
EXCUSE ME FROM NEW YORK TO
MINNEAPOLIS. IT ENCOUNTERED THE
STORM OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. IT
DISAPPEARED 4@ALL 58 PEOPLE DIE
THIS WAS THE WORST 4@AVIATION
DISASTER IN THE COUNTRY AT THE
TIME AND 4@IT'S UP THERE NOW IS
RANKING OF ONE OF THE MYSTERIES
DISASTER IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME AND 4@IT'S UP THERE NOW IS RANKING OF ONE OF THE MYSTERIES@
THAT HASN'T BEEN SOLVED. DO YOU
FIND IT I MEAN YOU'VE DONE SO
MUCH SEARCHING IN LAKE
MICHIGAN. DO YOU FIND IT
INTERESTING THAT WE CAN'T FIND
SOMETHING AS BIG AS A PLANE.
WELL YOU KNOW ACTUALLY 4@THIS I
GONNA BE SMALLER THAN ANYTHING
WE FOUND. WE FOUND 21 4@
SHIPWRECKS OFF THE SHORES OF
WESTERN MICHIGAN OVER THE LAST
20 YEARS. BUT WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR HERE IS A DEBRIS
FIELD 4@WE KNOW FROM THE HUMAN
REMAINS AND THE PARTS OF THE
PLANE 4@THAT WERE FOUND 70 YEAR
AGO. WE KNOW THAT THIS 4@DEBRIS
FIELD HAD BOTTOM MAYBE AS BIG
AS A FOOTBALL FIELD. 4@LITTLE
PIECES. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT
THE SANDS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
SCHIFF AND SO MAYBE WHEN WE'RE
COVERING AN AREA MAYBE THE
WRECKAGE IS COVERED. SO WE'RE
AFRAID THAT YE4@AH 4@MAYBE WE W
NEVER FIND IT. RIGHT. WOW. SO
INTERESTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
VALERIE. I JUST I LOVE THE
HISTORY BUFF. I LOVE EVERYTHING
ABOUT THIS AND ESPECIALLY THE
FACT THAT YOU CAN SHED A LITTLE
HISTORY BUFF. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS AND ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SHED A LITTLE@
LIGHT ON WESTERN MICHIGAN AND
LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE
IMPORTANCE THAT IT'S PLAYED IN
OUR HISTORY WELL FOR ANY OF THE
VIEWERS THAT WANT TO COME ON
MARCH 4@21ST 4@TO HOLLINS TO TH
KNICKERBACKER. WE'RE GOING TO
SHARE A BEHIND THE SCENES 4@OF
HOW THIS EPISODE WAS DONE. OH I
LOVE THAT.