A 10-year-old girl who came to the U.S. from Afghanistan just two years ago was rescued after surviving 24 hours alone in a 'rugged and remote' mountain area in Washington state after she got lost during a family gathering, authorities said.
Shunghla Mashwani was reported missing in the Cle Elum River Valley, east of Seattle, shortly before 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, the Kittitas County Sheriff's office said in aHer loved ones said her extended family had been gathering at the Cathedral Pass Trailhead on Fish Lake Road and playing in the woods near a footbridge over the Cle Elum River, the sheriff's office said.
Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the scene and "launched a search immediately," coordinating with Kittitas County Search & Rescue volunteers, the sheriff's office said. Personnel from a number of counties joined in the search as the hours went by, with ground searchers, helicopters, drones and K9 units deployed in the effort to find Shunghla, along with swiftwater rescue teams from a number of counties who feared Shunghla might have been swept away by a current in the fast-moving river, the sheriff's office said.
The sheriff's office said the girl's family had come to the U.S. from Afghanistan just two years ago and told searchers they like to spend time in the high backcountry "because it reminds them of home." The family would have left the country around the same time that the U.S.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Found alive: How a 10-year-old girl survived 24 hours alone in the Washington woodsThe young girl shared her ordeal with her family and rescuers, recounting that she had become separated from the group as they were returning to a footbridge over the Cle Elum River and couldn't find her way back alone. FOX13
Read more »
Girl, 10, rescued after surviving 24 hours alone in 'rugged' mountains in Washington stateShunghla Mashwani's family said they had come to the U.S. from Afghanistan just two years ago and told searchers they like to spend time in the high backcountry 'because it reminds them of home,' the Kittitas County Sheriff’s office said.
Read more »
Girl, 10, rescued after surviving alone in ‘rugged’ mountains in Washington stateA 10-year-old girl who came to the U.S. from Afghanistan just two years ago was rescued after surviving 24 hours alone in a 'rugged and remote' mountain area in Washington state after she got lost during a family gathering, authorities said.
Read more »
10-Year-Old Survives 24 Hours in Washington State WildernessAfter getting separated from her family, Shunghla Mashwani followed a river downstream and slept in the forest before rescuers founds her with “minor scrapes.”
Read more »
New York, Philly, Washington smothered in ‘unhealthy’ air as Canadian wildfire smoke pours into NortheastAnother plume of thick smoke barreled into New York City early Wednesday afternoon, draping the entire city in an eerie shade of dark orange.
Read more »
House GOP expands Biden 'censorship' investigation over Washington Examiner 'disinformation' seriesEXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are demanding a top Biden agency that funded a 'disinformation' tracker blacklisting conservatives provide 'unredacted' grant records, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Read more »