European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Ching. They Arentt the kind of men who d he Happy doing Dull office work or routine physical jobs. And its not always a matter of High each episode profiles one individual sometimes sector working As a member of a team. It follows his Progress in the course of doing his Job giving viewers a Strong personal insight into what makes hint tick. Dra Chovitek takes pains to find people to whom viewers can relate preferably family types with responsibilities. A Quot i was t looking for adventurers climb the High Cost Mountain mentalities a he said. Quot we wanted a 9 to5 kind of Guy who May not come Back from a Day on the Job a not just a policeman or fireman or Soldier. Quot we did one segment on a football quarterback. Not a National football league Star who would demand a lot of Money. We found Scott ency front the defunct world league lie played for Barcelona Spain. Quot ency May not be in danger of losing his life when he goes to work but few professions bring As much violence and physical pain to an individual who is pounded like pro quarterbacks arc every time they \ More perilous than crabbing for screw was covering the War in Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina. Quot we were with a War photographer in an area where there was a Bounty for journalists a he said. Quot not too Many cameramen were volunteering. Same went for our Story of a drug enforcement administration agent blowing up illegal drug labs in Peru. Those Guys jump out of helicopters to raid the labs. Quot another scary Job belongs to los Angeles City firemen of station 33 in South Central. It gets More Calls than any station in America the night we covered them they got 12 Calls in 24 hours. They be named the station fire City. Quot some of our own crewmen have become video cowboys themselves. They enjoy the thrill of the adrenaline Rush a this boat Oil Bartlett Alaska prepares to catch fish with what world of valor producer Kasha dra Chovitek Calls Quot the last real adventure cowboys out Emmr by sunday at discovers the flair 1 v. A of the dare by Vernon Scott up Hollywood reporter of do adrenaline junkies make a living when they re not bungee jumping skydiving surfing Hawaii a pipeline hang gliding or tempting Fate with other suicidal pastimes some Are employed in perilous jobs that pay Good Money for risking their necks. That s what the discovery channels new 13-Scg-. Ment those who dare half hour series is about a people who defy major injury or death in the Pursuit of making a living. Those who dare which opened this month on the stateside Cable Channel takes viewers on genuine a not simulated a adventures with rugged fishermen on crab boats in alaskans freezing Waters. A without question the most dangerous Job in America according to insurance companies is commercial crab fishing in Alaska a said Rasha Dracho Vitch one of the creators of the new show. Quot crab fishermen suffer the highest percentage of fatalities and injuries on the Job. In the first 13 Days of the season last year three Guys were washed overboard and died. Quot they work 16-hour Days in rough seas and if they go Over the Side they re gone. They work in freezing weather at night with heavy cranes and Hydraulic equipment aboard 100-foot boats with Waves break ing Over the Bridge. Quot they re the last real adventure cowboys out there and if the crabbing is Good they can earn $2,000 a Day. They make what they catch. They stay out at sea As Long As it takes to make the catch a three weeks or three Drac Hovitch a four Man Crew spent 16 Days aboard one of the pitching rolling vessels to get their footage. It Wasny to always easy to find a photo team. The those who dare Crew follows fire fighting smoke jumpers who Parachute into blazing Forest fires swat team cops facing criminal gunfire underwater divers defying Bone crushing pressure 1,000 feet Down repairing offshore drilling platforms. The jew trailed a photographer caught in a crossfire while covering he yugoslav civil War. The show spent time with a scarred Bull taunting Rodeo Clown a maximum Security prison guard in the country s toughest lockup and photographed bomb squad members at work. A new category of working adrenaline junkies May be said to have surfaced with i the camera Crews of those who dare tracking those employed in Nail biting careers. Dra Chovitek owner and operator of 44 Blue productions is also producer of the established world of a or series that profiles Clit military forces of the world like the Navy seals and the French foreign legion. Even More intriguing than the hazardous jobs depicted in those who dare dra Chovitek says arc the motivations of the workers. Quot the curious thing about All of them is they done to think what they do for a living is particularly dangerous a dra Chovitek said. Quot they have one other thing in common. They arc All adrenaline junkies. They love their work for the High it gives hem. The constant threat of injury the Specter of death is a big turn on. They can hardly wait to get to work. Quot to them the daily Job is exciting not life threat face 7
