11-26-2010, 01:31 PM
another good ending Maggot! :B
smart kid with the sticks~~
Boston Herald:
A Conway family was blessed with a Thanksgiving miracle when their 7-year-old boy was found safe yesterday morning after enduring 16 hours of sub-freezing temperatures while lost in the woods overnight in western Massachusetts.
Cameron Pleasant, who wandered off while building a cabin with his dad in their backyard at 5 p.m. Wednesday, was found by a volunteer just before 9 a.m. yesterday, sitting on a makeshift platform he made out of sticks, said Jane Albert, spokeswoman for Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where the little boy was taken for observation.
“His dad told me that Cameron had placed a pile of sticks at the base of a tree. And he leaned himself up against the tree and that’s where he remained throughout the night and that’s where they found him. Those sticks actually got him directly off the cold ground,” Albert said, adding that after his rescue Cameron ate a hearty hospital breakfast. “He’s in great condition. . . . He was just a smiley, happy boy.”
When Cameron wandered off in his red parka with matching gloves and a hat, he triggered a search that involved nearly 100 police and civilian volunteers, dog teams and a helicopter.
With temperatures dipping to 23 degrees overnight, searchers braced for the worst and prayed for the best. Their prayers were answered when a volunteer stumbled on the child about a mile from his house and handed him over to a firefighter and paramedics.
“He walked out of the woods with everybody,” said State Police Lt. David Wilson.
“For all that doctors and nurses in any trauma center see every day, this was the best Thanksgiving anybody could ask for,” Albert said.
Cameron was due to be released yesterday in time for Thanksgiving dinner with his family.
“Our Cameron is doing extremely well. . . . We can’t wait to bring him home,” his dad and mom said in a statement. “We will be forever grateful to all of you, and wish everyone a very happy and miraculous Thanksgiving.”
smart kid with the sticks~~
Boston Herald:
A Conway family was blessed with a Thanksgiving miracle when their 7-year-old boy was found safe yesterday morning after enduring 16 hours of sub-freezing temperatures while lost in the woods overnight in western Massachusetts.
Cameron Pleasant, who wandered off while building a cabin with his dad in their backyard at 5 p.m. Wednesday, was found by a volunteer just before 9 a.m. yesterday, sitting on a makeshift platform he made out of sticks, said Jane Albert, spokeswoman for Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, where the little boy was taken for observation.
“His dad told me that Cameron had placed a pile of sticks at the base of a tree. And he leaned himself up against the tree and that’s where he remained throughout the night and that’s where they found him. Those sticks actually got him directly off the cold ground,” Albert said, adding that after his rescue Cameron ate a hearty hospital breakfast. “He’s in great condition. . . . He was just a smiley, happy boy.”
When Cameron wandered off in his red parka with matching gloves and a hat, he triggered a search that involved nearly 100 police and civilian volunteers, dog teams and a helicopter.
With temperatures dipping to 23 degrees overnight, searchers braced for the worst and prayed for the best. Their prayers were answered when a volunteer stumbled on the child about a mile from his house and handed him over to a firefighter and paramedics.
“He walked out of the woods with everybody,” said State Police Lt. David Wilson.
“For all that doctors and nurses in any trauma center see every day, this was the best Thanksgiving anybody could ask for,” Albert said.
Cameron was due to be released yesterday in time for Thanksgiving dinner with his family.
“Our Cameron is doing extremely well. . . . We can’t wait to bring him home,” his dad and mom said in a statement. “We will be forever grateful to all of you, and wish everyone a very happy and miraculous Thanksgiving.”