84 years old. our prayers are answered. we couldn t believe it we are like oh my gosh he s alive! shepard: hank got stranded last monday after he left a restaurant in cave creek and then missed his exit on i-17. i turned around but i ran right into a ditch. i got stuck in that ditch. then the battery went dead. my phone went dead and i went dead. [ laughter ] shepard: well, he had some leftover pasta but he says he didn t eat it because it made him thirsty. eventually though thirst got overwhelming. he opened the hood of his car and broke the windshield wiper fluid. i broke the top off the thing with a rock and sucked the water out of there. shepard: getting water was just part of the problem. he also had to contend with the cold and the darkness. sometimes at nighttime i got scared. i got panicky a little bit. i don t know if they were going to find me or not, you know. i can t walk. so i had to stay there.