A 73-year-old hiker was found alive in the wilderness, a week after being reported missing in Angeles National Forest, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A hiker who survived several days in the Angeles National Forest, drinking from a creek with no food, grinned from his hospital bed flanked by some of his rescuers for a photo released by officials Sunday.
Eugene Jo, 73, was discharged from the Huntington Memorial Saturday night following a weeklong, multicounty effort to find him in the wilderness.
That's according to the Montrose Search and Rescue Team, who tweeted an image of Jo posing with three rescue team members.
During the week Jo was lost, the Angeles National Forest saw mild temperatures and higher water levels because of recent heavy rainfall, officials said.