Posted on 09/07/2007 4:07:07 AM PDT by Stoat
Friday, September 07, 2007
BAKER CITY, Ore. — A 76-year-old woman missing for almost two weeks in the Wallowa Mountains of Eastern Oregon has been found alive, the Baker County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
Ora Doris Anderson of Sandy had a hip injury and was dehydrated when she was found just after 2 p.m. But she was conscious and alert, the sheriff's office said in a news release. A helicopter team went to extricate her from the rugged terrain, and she was airlifted to a Baker City hospital.
George Winn, the CEO of St. Elizabeth Health Services, said late Thursday that Anderson was in critical, but stable condition and was being admitted to the intensive care unit.
Anderson, who goes by Doris, was found by a Baker County deputy and an Oregon State Police trooper in an area that had already been searched.
A message left with Anderson's husband, Harold Anderson, was not returned. Iris Anderson, 71, who is married to Harold's brother, Melvin, credited the miraculous survival to prayer and Anderson's healthy lifestyle.
"How she managed to live for two weeks at the bottom of canyon, I don't know," Anderson said. "It took a lot more stamina than I have, I believe."
Doris Anderson had last been seen Aug. 24 in the Eagle Creek area, where she had gone bow hunting with her 74-year-old husband. Iris Anderson said Doris isn't much for hunting, but didn't want her husband going alone after his hunting partner had to cancel.
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God is with us :-)
Oregon ping! :-)
My prayers are always answered, always," she said.
76 and went out bow hunting?
You go girl!
She’s 76-yrs old, went out bow hunting, then survived two weeks on her own! Dang. That’s one tough old girl.
I’m a 53-yr old man, but compared to her, I’m just a big sissy...
The old man is going to take crap for this one until the day he dies...
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my husband is going elk bowhunting next week in Oregon......I’ll have to relay this story to him....
I doubt if this pair goes bow hunting next season.
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Thank goodness search and rescue did not give up. What a story...
You're quite welcome, and thank you very much for pinging your list :-)
I doubt if the grandkids give this Grandma any lip when she tells them to do something.
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