In Conclusion, Search and Rescue Groups can both save lives like for Doris Dean in 1944 and give families the hope of being reunited with their loved ones. MacKaye's idea for a trail for the working class to escape the monotonous life in the cities was a just idea but he must not have thought it necessary to have groups to search for those who lose their way on his trail. These kind of groups, like the SMRG and other members of the ASRC, are needed because there is a large risk of becoming lost on the over 2,000 mile Appalachian Trail.