Mother of teen rescued after days in snowstorm thanks rescuers.
"I wish I could hug everyone, but huge thank you and lots of love goes out to the search and rescue to risk their lives to make sure our boys made it home safely," White said in a statement shared with NBCLA."I know it's what they’re trained to do, but that doesn’t change the fact that they do a very dangerous job and they don’t always have a great outcome. There’s just not enough words that could express my gratitude that these boys made it home.
The boys were dropped off Feb. 26 near a trailhead in Whitewater. They planned to hike the Pacific Crest Trail toward San Gorgonio Mountain, Southern California's highest peak, but lost contact with their families two days later. Cesar Ramirez, father of the other rescued hiker, said the boys had food in their backpacks, a tent and snowshoes. They also had extensive training and aspirations to join the military, he said.A helicopter team responded to their last known location Friday and followed the foot tracks near a remote section of the Pacific Crest Trail along Mission Creek. The helicopter crew landed in deep snow to reach the hikers.
"They've told us, 'We were already convinced we were going to die,'" Ramirez, of Cypress, California, told the AP.Scalise said the hikers were well prepared for the hike, but not for the"I did have a lot of comfort in knowing that the boys were well equipped, well prepared and in good company," White said."I also would like to say I am so proud of them for going out there having a journey and doing everything they could have to prepare.
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