16 year old girls missing- Update Found BH

boysrus

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 7:59 am

BARUCH HASHEM!!!

Rubber Ducky

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 8:01 am

B"H, wonderful news!

doctorima

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 8:08 am

Wonderful news - so nice to hear that a potentially tragic story had a safe and happy ending! And thanks so much for taking the time to share the good news!

abound

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 8:17 am

Hodu Lahashem!

ra_mom

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 8:19 am

Chasdei Hashem! So relieved. Wishing the girls health and healing from their terrible ordeal.

amother

Rose

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 8:26 am

What a relief! These stories are so much scarier when you're a mother.

amother

Slategray

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 10:07 am

So relieved to hear this!

Anyone else reminded of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeDaK0HDZ84

myself

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 10:44 am

Hodu Lashem! Wonderful news!

youngishbear

Sun, Apr 10 2016, 11:07 am

amother wrote:

So relieved to hear this!

Anyone else reminded of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeDaK0HDZ84

YES

Was singing in my head when I read the good news.

greenfire

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 7:15 am

glad they were found

so did they mamash just get lost ?

Chickpea

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 7:29 am

greenfire wrote:

glad they were found

so did they mamash just get lost ?

http://www.onlysimchas.com/new.....baton

amother

Navy

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 7:34 am

Chickpea thank you for posting this.

May we go from good to good with the ultimate good the Geulah Shleimah!!!

Chickpea

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 7:39 am

amother wrote:

Chickpea thank you for posting this.

May we go from good to good with the ultimate good the Geulah Shleimah!!!

AMEN!!

greenfire

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 8:54 am

wow ~ what a close call ...

Chayalle

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 10:53 am

When I heard about it I was totally thinking about what school Shabbos was like when I was in high school....we went up to a camp, and girls wandered off to explore the area, the woods, etc....and it made me aware of how unsafe that could be.

I intend to have a talk with my girls before their upcoming school Shabbos.

amother

Crimson

Mon, Apr 11 2016, 11:45 am

Chayalle wrote:

This is so important...if exploring the woods with no trail it's imperative to leave yourself markers so you know the way back. After 5-10 minutes of straight walking in an unfamiliar wooded area, the average person will have no clue how to get back. Much better not to do the exploring at all...

As a teen I went exploring and managed to get turned around in about 15 minutes, despite taking note of landmarks to mark my way back. Luckily I glimpsed an electric line through the trees and followed it back. I met two young boys who were planning on "building a treehouse" and asked them to "guide me back" because I was worried they wouldn't make it out on their own. They pretended to guide me back (lol) but without that electric line the story might not have ended as uneventfully, for either of us.

Leaving markers is more than just taking note of a fallen tree or whatever, it involves drawing marks on trees, making piles of stones etc. every few feet. You need to be able to stand at one marker and be within eye distance of the previous or next marker.