MELBOURNE,
Australia — An 11-year-old autistic boy was rescued Tuesday after four
nights alone and lost in a dense Australian forest.
Luke
Shambrook was spotted from a police helicopter before noon in the
Fraser National Park in Victoria state 3 kilometers (2 miles) from his
family's campground where he disappeared from on Friday morning, Police
Commander Rick Nugent said.
"We
are told that Luke is well, that he is exhausted, he's suffering
hypothermia and he's also dehydrated," Nugent told reporters.
Paramedics were assessing him, Nugent said. His parents were overwhelmed, he said.
More
than 120 searchers had combed the dense scrubland since Friday morning,
with fears mounting that he could have drowned in a nearby lake.
Temperatures fell below 9 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit) during the nights and there had been some rain.
Hopes
were raised Monday when Luke's beanie was discovered far from the lake
and near where the boy was ultimately found walking.
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