Missing boy is reunited with his family after 48 hours.Photo: MSP Eighth District Twitter
An 8-year-old Wisconsin boy who had been missing for two days after he disappeared during his family’s camping trip in Michigan was found safe on Monday.
The boy appeared “to be in good health” and was reunited with his family shortly after he was found, the tweet continued.
In a follow-up post, MSP explained, “Lieutenant Wickstrom says the boy told them hecovered up with branches and leavesfor warmth and also blanketed the log he was under. He didn’t have any food but ate clean snow for hydration.”
“He walked a trail yesterday (Sunday) and when he ran out of trail, he figured the best thing to do was to just stop and wait,” authorities added. “They offered to carry him out today, but he told the guys who found himthat he wanted to walk!”
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Nante was gathering firewood on Saturday afternoon when he got lost in the woods, according toan MSP news release.
He was on his family’s boys' trip, his mother Jessica Buerger toldWDIOin Duluth, Minnesota, and it was his first time to go.
Some roads in the area were still impassable due to snow depth, the agency said.
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One rescuer, Eli Talsma, toldABC Newsthat when they found the young boy on Monday afternoon, he seemed “perfectly fine.”
“I mean, he was just normal,” Talsma said. “Nante was just walking around. He was talking. He was asking questions. He said he wasn’t hungry. He was perfectly fine, but we did give him a Clif Bar and a banana and some water.”
Nante’s loved ones rejoiced in the happy news, including his elementary school in Hurley, Wisconsin.
“We announced it to the entire school, and as my colleague said, it was like being at a big football game with our winning touchdown being scored,” Steve Lombardo, the elementary-school principal in Hurley School District, told ABC News. “The entire school lit up in cheers, and everybody was just relieved and thankful.”
source: people.com
