Search For Bryant, Alabama Native Bob Norton Continues, Mission Work Spurs Documentary

A planned documentary will highlight Bryant Alabama native Bob Norton and his wife Neiba.

The couple help sick and injured natives in Venezuela.

They along with four others disappeared when the plane they were flying in went down in the jungle eight months ago.

"Going there and seeing what life is like without Bob and seeing how integral he was to help people out and how much he's missed...it touched me. I was amazing to see what kind of influence he has," Edwards added.

A longtime friend, Edwards spent 4 days in the jungle searching for any sign of the missing group.

He took a camera to document his time there and interview Venezuelan locals and officials helping in the search.

The footage will be sent to a production company and used in the upcoming documentary.

But weaved in amongst the story of the search effort are the hearts behind it all.

A team made up of friends and family here in the US have logged countless hours pouring over satellite images and information that could help find the missing group.

That information is sent to Civil Protection and Indigenous Indians searching the ground in Venezuela.

"It's been a lot of good will come out of this, a lot of friendships made for the right kind of reason," Edwards noted.

The ground search has been largely lead by Venezuelan native and Norton's right hand man Celso.

He has spent more than a hundred days searching in the jungle so far.

Personally he says he's been inspired to become a missionary as well.

Through an interpretor, Celso said, "As long as I have life, health and the time..I will continue [to search]."

Edwards hopes that those who see the documentary will also feel inspired, calling it a "pass it forward" mentality.

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