Existing research offers much insight into how organizations coordinate to adapt to unexpected events. Yet, the lived experiences of organizational members who are tasked with this responsibility have received very limited attention and primarily emphasized risks of trauma. Thus, I raise the question: How do organizational members navigate unexpected situations? To answer this questions, I analyzed interviews and visual data on a Search and Rescue team deployed to Turkey after the February 2023 earthquake. Findings show that team members approach the situation with radical acceptance, they have a resilience mentality, and they pursue a fair performance. This disposition, mindset, and motivation helps them to engage in way-shaping: they navigate through the unexpected event by creating opportunities for effective and live-saving humanitarian interventions in a chaotic context. These findings offer contributions to the literature on organizational responses to unexpected events, meaningful work, and sensemaking.