Toddlers rescued from Australian wilderness
Published: May 28, 2007
A pair of 2-year-olds who wandered out of a vacation home and into the Australian wilderness were found Monday - scratched and dirty but unhurt - after spending more than 24 hours outdoors.
A volunteer - one of hundreds who took part in the search south of the Western Australia state capital of Perth - two miles from the home where Dakota Vincent and Trista Foley were staying with their parents when they disappeared.
“I heard what I thought was human voices and couldn’t believe my ears,” said Merrilyn Hutton, who found the children. “I moved towards the sound … then standing beside the scrub was a little red head and then a little white head popped up too.”
“I just gathered them both up and she said ‘Mummy’ and I said: ‘No, I’m not mummy, but I’m going to take you to mummy’,” she said.
Police Sgt. Graham Clifford said the pair spent about 26 hours outdoors, including a night when an inch of rain fell, temperatures were 52 degrees and cold winds blew.
“They were in amazing condition, a little bit grubby and dirty socks, but they weren’t crying and they were very with it,” Hutton said.
Trista Foley’s father, Daniel, said he would not let his daughter out of his sight again.
“I’m just going to grab hold of her and tie a rope around her waist and not let her go until she is 34,” he said.
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