Pensioner with dementia rescued after 5 days in forest
An 78-year-old man with dementia who went missing in a forest near Roşal, Moscow Oblast, was found after five days and rescued by volunteers and emergency services.
Consensus
- An 78-year-old man with dementia went missing in a forest near Rošal, Moscow Oblast.
- He went on a bike ride in the forest on the morning of August 11.
- His daughter reported him missing in the evening of August 11 via emergency number 112.
- He was not carrying a mobile phone.
- Search operations involved firefighters, police, forest rangers, and volunteers from 'LizaAlert'.
- He was found on the fifth day of the search.
- He was located in a forest area about one kilometer from the city.
- He was conscious but severely weakened and hypothermic.
- He was rescued by being carried out on stretchers and handed over to medical personnel.
Points of divergence
- The man was found at night on the fifth day. — riamo
- The man was found on the fifth day, but the exact time of day is not specified. — vm
- A separate incident involving a missing elderly man on Sakhalin Island is mentioned, where he was found after nine days. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- A pensioner with dementia was rescued on the fifth day after going missing in the forest in Shatura — РИАМО
- Elderly man lost in forest in Podmoskovny Roshal: how many days they searched for him — Вечерняя Москва