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Golden Ears Park: Missing Canadian teen found after 54-hour search

Feb 16,2020 12:38 am

By Matt MurphyBBC News

A Canadian teenager has been found Two Days after she went missing in the wilderness of a vast provincial park.

Esther Wang, 16, disappeared after she was separated from her hiking group in the 555sq km (214sq mile) Golden Ears Park in British Columbia .

Authorities launched a mammoth 54-hour search that included a helicopter, a drone and 16 search teams.

But the teen emerged uninjured from a trail on her own on Friday.

Police said Ms Wang was recovering with her family.

" She's healthy, she's happy, she is with family. That's The Best possible outcome for us, " Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt Wendy Mehat said in a statement.

" Esther's family has expressed sincere gratitude to all first responders and Search and Rescue groups, " Supt Mehat added. " They are very thankful for this outcome and request privacy at This Time . "

Officials said Ms Wang emerged from The East Canyon trail on which she had initially Gone Missing at around 21:30 local time on Friday (04:30 GMT Saturday).

It is unclear how she was separated from her group. Local media reported that The Group left a lookout point around 14:45 on Tuesday, and realised that Ms Wang was not with them around 15 Minutes later.

The Group Leader returned to The Lookout but could not Find Her , and so raised The Alarm . A search was launched soon after.

Ms Wang was checked by emergency services, who determined that she was unharmed during The Ordeal - with The Exception of some mosquito bites. She was then permitted to Return Home with her parents.

" We're elated at the outcome of The Search and Esther being returned to her family is what our objective was, " search and rescue spokesperson Ryan Smith said.

" We used as many resources as we could. I'd like to thank our partner organizations, the RCMP, other first responders, the helicopter companies that assisted us in this exhaustive search. "

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