At least one individual was so desperate they wrote out 'HELP US' in the snow near Lake Gregory.
On Friday, two 17-year-old hikers were rescued off the Pacific Crest Trail near San Gorgonio Mountain. They'd planned on hiking 10 days on the PCT and believed they were prepared for winter conditions: The teens were avid hikers with ample foods in their backpacks, a tent and snowshoes, plus extensive training and aspirations to join the military.
But when the snow began pummeling the mountains east of Los Angeles by the foot-load, one teen's father lost contact with them through a tracking app. San Bernardino County sheriff’s department dispatched a helicopter to the boys’ last known location, followed their foot tracks and spotted and rescued them.
"They’ve told us, 'We were already convinced we were going to die,'" father Cesar Ramirez, of Cypress, Calif., said. The boys were taken via helicopter to the"Morongo Basin Sheriff's Station, where they received medical attention, food, water, and a warm place until their parents arrived," theIn a separate rescue operation further north in Inyo County, a man was found waving inside his partly snow-covered vehicle Thursday after the California Highway Patrol identified a cellphone ping linked to him and sent out a helicopter crew.
“I’m healthy, so I just thought, well, I can walk, and I did. But it was probably the longest day of my life," said Curtis, adding the family had someone with medical needs. “We’re just all so exhausted in every way,” she added.
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