WE
WE SHARE
WE SHARE THEM EVERYDAY ON SUNRISE.
SUNRISE.
>>>
>>> WELL,
>>> WELL, WHEN CRISIS STRIKES SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD MOST OF
US WATCH FROM TV.
>> BUT SOME PEOPLE IN OUR AREA,
WHEN CRISIS HAPPENS THEY GRAB
THEIR GO-BAGS AND HOP ON A
PLANE TO HELP OUT.
NOW MORE IN OUR SEGMENT THOSE
WHO SERVE.
WHO SERVE. >> YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IT WITH
THOSE THAT WALK PAST US ON THE
STREET BUT THERE ARE THOSE
AMONG US THAT ARE READY TO
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL. ONE OF THOSE IS FROM THE NON-
PROFIT MERCY CORE HEADED HERE
IN PORTLAN
IN PORTLAN >> Reporter: ANGELA OWEN HAS
TRAVELED THE WORLD WITH
SUPPLIES IN THIS BLACK BAG AND
CARRIES EVERYTHING THEY NEEDS
TO TRAVEL IS GLOBE ON 24 HOURS
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
NOTICE. >> I WOULD NEVER BRING ALL OF
THIS STUFF BUT ALL OF IT IS KEY
IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
>> Reporter: SHE IS FROM MERCY
CORPS, WORKING IN GLOBAL
RESPONSE IN EMERGENCIES, WHICH
MEANS SHE NEEDS TO BE READY.
>> IT IS FAST, VERY FAST.
>> Reporter: SHE PACKS TWO
PASSPORTS AND A IMMUNIZATION
CARD.
CARD.
CARD. >>
CARD. >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR
IMMUNIZATIONS LIFTED THEY
DON'T LET YOU IN THE COUNTRY OR
GIVE YOU A SHOT RIGHT THERE IN
THE AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT. >> Reporter: SHE HAS AN I.D.
THAT INCLUDES HER BLOOD TYPE
JUST IN CASE.
>> JUST IN CASE.
>> Reporter: SHE JOINED THE
MERCY CORPS 11 YEARS AGO,
LOVED IT AND EVENTUALLY MOVED
INTO FIELD WORK HERSELF.
IN 2015 ANGELA TRAVELED TO
GREECE TO HELP SET UP A NEW
OFFICE AND WORK WITH THE
RELIEVING CRISIS THERE.
>> WE DRIVE AND -- WITH THE
REEF CRISIS THERE.
THE REF -- RELIEF CRISIS THER
>>> UNDER GOVERNMENT RULES --
>> Reporter: UNDER GOVERNMENT
RULES FOREIGNERS WERE FORBIDDEN
TO GIVE HER RIDES.
DOING SO WOULD GET HER KICKED
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
>> SHE SHOWED UP EIGHT MONTHS
PREGNANT AND I SAID I CAN'T
GIVE YOU A RIDE INTO TOWN.
I TOLD HER ABOUT THE BUSES AND
HOOKED HER UP WITH OTHER
DRIVERS THAT WERE ARABIC
SPEAKING.
SPEAKING.
SPEAKING. >> Reporter: THREE YEARS LATER
IT STILL HURTS.
>> THAT WAS STUFF.
>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE
OTHER MEMORIES IN NEPAL IN 2015
HELPING WITH THE EARTHQUAKES
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. IT
THERE. IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. >> IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN OREGON AND ANY OTHER PLACE
I HAVE BEEN.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS AMAZED AT
THE DESTRUCTION AND THE BELIEF
OF THE PEOPLE.
>> IT WAS IMPACTFUL, BUT WHEN
YOU SEE THAT KIND OF
DEVASTATION, SEEING ALL THESE
PEOPLE PITCHING IN AND HELPING
AND STACKING BOOKS FROM
SOMETHING DESTROYED IN
ANTICIPATION OF RE-BUILDING IT
SO AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS
TRAGEDY THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE. >>
HOPE. >> Reporter: THIS PAST OCTOBER
SHE FLEW TO FLORIDA TO HELP
AFTER HURRICANE MICHAEL
LEVELED MUCH OF THE PANHANDLE
AND SHE IS READY FOR WHATEVER
THE NEXT ADVENTURE BRINGS.
>> IT IS INTERESTING.
WHEN YOU MEET NEW PEOPLE IN A
DIFFERENT LOCATION YOU THINK,
WOW, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
ARE WONDERFUL.
ARE WONDERFUL. THEY ARE ALSO WONDERFUL RIGHT
NEXT DOOR.
NEXT DOOR. YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME
TO GET TO KNOW THEM.
THEY ARE WONDERFUL ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. >>
WORLD. >> I THINK WE SHOULD STRESS SHE
IS NOT A MERCY CORPS VOLUNTEER.
SHE DOES THIS AS A FULL-TIME
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. HAS
JOB. HAS THIS ALWAYS BEEN HER
PROFESSION?
PROFESSION? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. I
>> NO. I THINK BOTH SHE AND HER
HUSBAND CAME OUT OF COLLEGE AND
BENT INTO ADVERTISING.
AFTER -- WENT INTO ADVERTISING.
AFTER TEN YEARS SHE WAS TOTALLY
BURNED OUT AND THEN AFTER THAT
WENT INTO THE PEACE CORPS WHICH
LED TO THE MERCY CORPS.
>> THERE WAS MORE TO THE STORY
THAN YOU SHARED IN THE PIECE.
WHAT WAS SHE SAYING ABOUT THE
AFTERSHOCKS.
AFTERSHOCKS. >> LIKE YOU SAID IN ALASKA
AFTER THE HUGE EARTHQUAKES
THERE WERE A BUNCH OF AFTER
SHOCKS.
SHOCKS.
SHOCKS. THE ROOM WAS SHAKING AND THERE
WAS GLASS EVERYWHERE.
SHE STOOD IN THE DOORWAY AND
REALIZED SHE WAS ONLY IN OUR
SOCKS SO AFTER THAT SHE HAD HER
SHOES WITH HER AND HER GO-BAG
RIGHT THERE IN BED WRAPPED
AROUND HER.
AROUND HER. >> WOW!
>> WOW!
>> WOW! WELL, INTERESTING.
WELL, INTERESTING. IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE
SERIES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOO
SEE SOMEONE FEATUREED THAT YOU
KNOW, FOR