
More than two weeks after her disappearance in the wilds of Hawaii, a US wanderer has been found alive. 35-year-old Amanda Eller was discovered by a helicopter near a riverbed at the foot of a ravine on Maui Island, an archipelago, on Friday. „Amanda was found,“ it said on a specially created for the search Facebook page.
The yoga teacher and physiotherapist disappeared on May 8 during a hike. The police found their car in a parking lot near a hiking trail on Maui.
Collected donations
Eller was lost and later slightly injured, it said on the Facebook page. There were more than 70,000 dollars (62,500 euros) have been collected in order to charter for finding a helicopter.
The young woman has lost about seven kilograms in the past two weeks, said one of its rescuers CNN. According to her mother, Julia, she broke a leg in the wilderness. After her rescue Amanda Eller was treated in a hospital.