17-Year-Old Missing in Australia Found Alive

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A 17-year-old boy with autism disappeared during a camping trip in Australia, after moving away from the campsite to fetch additional equipment. He fell into a steep stream channel, and no trace of him has been found since.

More than 100 emergency workers and volunteers searched the area for days. Nighttime temperatures in the area dropped to three degrees Celsius, and the boy survived alone with two towels and a bag of chips.

After six days, a police helicopter located him sleeping on a rock near the stream, exhausted and sunburned. When he woke to the sound of the helicopter, he signaled to the rescuers that everything was fine, and he was rescued safely. His mother ran to the helicopter and hugged him.