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My mate James looked down towards the shouting and we shouted back. We heard him saying, ‘I need help,’
Joshua Dart, 30, told the Australian broadcaster ABC
This is an incredible outcome, after 13 long days he has been located,
New South Wales Police Inspector Josh Broadfoot said in a statementHe really had good survival instincts,
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How he was found after such a long period of time with just a couple of muesli bars, relying upon his knowledge as a medical student, eating berries and eating the right ones, it is remarkable,
Anthony Albanese told reporters on Thursday
I would like to thank all of the emergency services personnel for their tireless work searching for 13 days in tough conditions to locate me,
he said in a statement released by NSW police on ThursdayMay God bless them all,
he said in a statement released by the health serviceI’m kind of in shock and full of happiness, he’s a hero. Fourteen days without food, he’s doing, like, perfectly well.”
Another friend, Muhammad Iylas, said
It’s just amazing, I don’t have any words to explain [it]. He looks pretty healthy, you know. A miracle, I would say,
said Falaksher AliAnd he looks down, and he sees a speck, like a person on his ridge, like halfway down the hill,
Dart told this masthead
For the last 14 days we’ve been hiking the mountain trying to find him. But today God helped us find him, it’s a great relief for us.”
Outside the hospital in Cooma, one of Nazari’s cousins told Nine NewsIt’s incredibly steep, and the undergrowth is incredibly thick. So it just means that energy reserves [get] used up pretty quickly when you’re trying to push your way through,
Scott saidOne of my police at the scene had spoken to him, and he relayed that he found a hut up there in the mountains, and there were two muesli bars up there,
Superintendent Spliet said
The team have worked through some of the most difficult terrain and heatwave conditions, so when they finally heard he had been located safe and well, there was an amazing sense of pride and joy at the outcome,
Mr Price saidHe's in remarkable condition for a person who's been missing for so long,
Mower said
There are some creeks up there and he said he's been finding water where he could and foraging for food where he could, in terms of berries. At one point, he said he found a couple of muesli bars in a hut, but other than that - 14 days and that's very little food,
Broadfoot saidThis is the 14th day we've been looking for him. For him to come out and be in such good spirits and in such great condition, it's incredible,
he addedThe circumstances we believe at the moment are that he called out to some hikers who were in the area. He told them that he’d been lost in the bush and was thirsty.”
Riverina police district commander Andrew Spliet told reporters
That’s pretty much all that he’s had to consume over the last two weeks. So the further details about where he’s been and how he’s actually looked after himself are still yet to be determined.”
Mr Spliet addedHe’s covered a lot of ground,
Supt Spliet saidIf you’re off the track, it’s bloody tough country,
Chatten told AAP