Missing Hiker Comes Home
Woman Missing In Washington For 5 Days
POSTED: 6:25 pm EDT July 9, 2007
UPDATED: 7:10 pm EDT July 9, 2007
BOSTON -- After spending five days lost and alone in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, a Massachusetts woman was back with her family Monday night.NewsCenter 5's Mary Saladna reported that Mary O'Brien, 45, of Arlington, was reported missing on July 3 after she did not return from a day hike in Washington state's Olympic National Park.O'Brien said she hiked for five days trying to find her way out of the forest. She was found on Saturday near a lake in the park."It was a miracle. I haven't seen anybody in five days," she said.O'Brien said as she was sitting near the lake, she heard what she thought was plane and waded out into the lake with a tarp to use as a signal flag."I was waving and waving. It was a motorboat -- a couple out for the day enjoying the lake. I started to cry. I was so happy," she said.O'Brien suffered some minor injurious, but she said she will continue to hike.
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