Who: A 9-year-old boy
Where: Englishman River, British Columbia, Canada
His mistake: He was walking off trail away from the group
What happened: A boy was on a hike with a group of family friends which included two adults and two other children. The boy was hiking parallel to the trail for much of the hike. At some point, the group noticed the boy was no longer with the group. They began searching for the boy on their own and about an hour later, they called police.
The Mounties, search and rescue groups, park staff and an ambulance service immediately responded and continued the search all day and throughout the night. They were concerned because they knew the boy had been playing in the river and he was only wearing a T-shirt and shorts.
The next day, an additional seven rescue teams and a chopper joined the search. More than 100 people were looking for the boy. At 9:15 a.m., a local resident on a mountain bike discovered the boy. The resident’s dogs alerted her to the boy. The nice woman gave the boy some of her clothes to warm him up and hiked him out to a command center. The boy was treated for mild hypothermia, but otherwise in good condition.
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