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Missing Canadian hiker found alive after spending weeks in blistering cold
A hiker who had been missing for more than six weeks was located in the Canadian wilderness earlier this week, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
The Northern Rockies RCMP were notified on Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. that Sam Benastick, 20, had been located. He had been reported missing by his family on Oct. 19.
Benastick’s family became alarmed when he didn’t check in after embarking on a 10-day solo camping trip on Oct. 7 in harsh winter conditions, with temperatures plummeting below 4 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Sam Benastick, 20, was located in the Canadian wilderness on Nov. 26 after he was reported missing by his family on Oct. 19. (GoFundMe)
Benastick was found when two people traveling to the Redfern Lake Trail for work saw him walking toward him. He was using walking sticks to support himself and was using a cut-up sleeping bag to keep his legs warm.
The men took Benastick to the hospital, where police confirmed him as the missing camper.
He told police that he had stayed in his car for part of the time but then walked to a creek and the mountain side where he camped for 10 to 15 days. After that, he moved down the valley and built a camp and shelter in a dried-out creek bed before eventually flagging down the two men.
Sam Benastick’s family became alarmed when he didn’t check in after embarking on a 10-day solo camping trip on Oct. 7 in harsh winter conditions. (GoFundMe)
“Finding Sam alive is the absolute best outcome. After all the time he was missing, it was feared that this would not be the outcome,” said RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson.
The agency went on to thank multiple jurisdictions that provided mutual aid support during the search, as well as the Canadian Rangers and volunteers with extensive backcountry knowledge of the area.
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A view of the Canadian flag. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
“The time, effort and resources put in to locate Sam from the time of notification he was missing was beyond measure. We are thankful for the great outcome,” Saunderson said.
A GoFundMe was set up by his sister following his disappearance to aid with expenses used to locate him.
U.S. Navy destroyers shot down Houthi missiles and drones for the second time in a month, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday.
The USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden on Dec. 9 and 10, the Navy said.
The ships were escorting U.S. owned and operated merchant vessels when they successfully engaged and defeated multiple one-way attacks, uncrewed aerial systems and one anti-ship cruise missile.
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The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) and the Italian Navy Thaon di Revel-class Multipurpose Combat Ship ITS Raimondo Montecuccoli (P 432) sail alongside each other in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)
This attack marks the second in a month, with the first taking place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1 when the ships defeated an Iran-backed Houthi attack.
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“These actions reflect the ongoing commitment of CENTCOM forces to protect U.S. personnel, regional partners, and international shipping, against attacks by Iran-backed Houthis,” the command said in a statement.
The attacks took place while the vessels were transiting the Gulf of Aden from Dec. 9 to Dec. 10, CENTCOM said. (U.S. Central Command)
American personnel were not injured, CENTCOM added, and there were no injuries or damage to the ships.
The attacks against shipping are ongoing and Houthi militants vow to continue until Israel ends its campaign in Gaza.
Ukrainain President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the air strike proves Ukraine needs to enhance its air defence system.
At least three people were killed and 20 injured, many of whom are in critical condition, after a Russian strike on the city Zaphorizhzhia in Ukraine on Tuesday.
According to regional governor Ivan Fedorov, the strike hit a private clinic in the city centre, damaging buildings nearby.
“Medics, police and rescuers are currently working at the attack site,” he wrote on Telegram.
Among the victims were two doctors and a five-year-old girl.
At least 11 were injured in a separate, double ballistic missile attack on the town of Zlatopil in the Kharkiv region.
An administrative building and 16 residential buildings were damaged, according to local authorities.
In a post on social media platform X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Zaporizhzhia strike proves that Ukraine needs to enhance its air defence systems.
He added that Kyiv submitted all the necessary requests to its partners to do so.
The attack comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that he’s open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country’s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost three-year war with Russia.
The deployment would be a step toward Ukraine joining NATO, Zelenskyy said in a post on his Telegram channel.
His proposals tread a delicate diplomatic path amid international efforts to find a way of ending Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II at a time when Russia has gained an upper hand in the fighting.
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