Chris was working and arrested a woman who decided she didn't want to go to jail, so she faked a seizure in the back of his cruiser. Chris fell for it, and called in for an ambulance. He pulled over at a gas station off the interstate about .2 miles inside the Colchester border (THANKFULLY), which happened to be inside the service area for Colchester Rescue, where Sam was working that day as the crew chief. Sam asked Chris to take the handcuffs off the woman so she could assess her. The woman was fine, and Sam gave Chris paperwork letting her go, and they went their separate ways: off to jail and back to the station. Chris asked a friend who also ran on colchester, Mike Voity , to put him into contact with Sam. Mike convinced Sam to give Chris a chance because "he loves dogs just like you do". The next day, Sam and Chris hiked Mount Mansfield with Meeka and Reiko (dog kids) in a snowstorm and the rest is history.