(Source: Iona McGregor Fire District)
FORT MYERS (CBSMiami/AP) — A girl who went lacking whereas mountain climbing within the huge marshland of a Florida state park, was discovered alive and properly on Saturday after an hours lengthy search by quite a few rescue companies.
The varied companies have been deployed to the 11,000-acre Estero Bay Preserve State Park on the Gulf Coast south of Fort Myers.
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The Iona McGregor Fire District says the girl was out mountain climbing together with her husband Friday, however the man had gotten drained and had determined to return whereas she stored going and acquired misplaced.
After hours of looking utilizing drones, a helicopter, ATV’s, and strolling search patterns, the girl was discovered round 10:50 p.m. on Friday evening, in one of many deepest, marshiest areas of the protect. When rescuers discovered her, she was alert and acutely aware. However, they weren’t capable of get her out of the protect till 1:30 a.m.
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She was taken out by helicopter and rushed to an area hospital to be checked out.
State authorities warning that the paths alongside coastal marshes within the protect are rugged and seasonally flooded.
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