Who: 6-year-old Alex Suddeath, and his 4-year-old sister Heidi
Where: Roan Mountain, Pisgah National Forest, Tennessee
Their mistake: They wandered off away from their parents
What happened: Three kids and their parents were on a hike. The parents stopped at the Cloudland Hotel lookout near a parking lot to take pictures, but the two youngest kids wandered off on the trail. The parents noticed they were gone and immediately started looking for them. Authorities were immediately notified and 75 search and rescue members began searching the area.
One of the boy’s Crocs fell off, which gave the searchers a good base to start looking for them. Meanwhile the young kids were forced to hunker down. They spent the night huddled under a log.
The next morning, rescuers found the boy. He was standing in a clearing waving his arms and calling for help. The kids were cold, dehydrated and scratched badly. Authorities said they wandered off trail and scrambled down a very steep slope they were unable to climb up.
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