Hiker rescued from Angeles Forest with help from GPS sleuth
Hungry. Lost. Tired. Cold. Rene Compean, 45, wasn’t sure he’d survive another night in the remote region of the Angeles National Forest he disappeared into on Monday. Search and rescue teams dispatched by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department found him before the Palmdale resident had to attempt it. About 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, a low-flying helicopter team spotted Compean in the unforgiving terrain between Triplet Rocks and the east bump of Twin Peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains, according to Sgt. John Gilbert of the Sheriff’s Department’s Crescenta Valley station. Advertisement ...
Source: latimes.com