An Ohio man who went missing in the Red River Gorge area of Kentucky was found alive Saturday after 14 days — and 12 days without any food or water.
Scott Hern’s rescue came one day after Wolfe County Search and Rescue team member Eric Wolterman, who described himself as “not a very religious person,” felt compelled to pray for the 48-year-old man, who had been missing for 14 days and had gone without food or water for 12 days.
“I am not a very religious person, but, yesterday morning, I woke up and said a prayer for Scott Hern and his family,” Wolterman said in a statement shared by the search and rescue team. “To be honest, praying isn’t something that I do too often. We were working on this operation since Tuesday, and most of the team went into the day pretty much with the thought that this was going to be a recovery mission. So I said a prayer knowing the family would probably be getting some very sad news that day.”
As the searcher recalled, Saturday was going to be the team’s last day looking for Hern, regardless of what they found — or didn’t find.
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