An 18-year-old hiker lost in Trabuco Canyon since Sunday聽聽and airlifted to a hospital. Kyndall Jack was found dehydrated and exhausted in Falls Canyon after a hiker heard her yelling for help Thursday. It took a rescue team 90 minutes to hoist her from a steep canyon wall. One rescuer fell 60 feet into the canyon during the process and also required an airlift.
Rescuers found her companion, 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya, Wednesday night, just half a mile from the pair’s car. Both teens are expected to make a full recovery, though Jack is suffering from an arm injury in addition to low blood pressure, shortness of breath, and pain in both legs.
The pair had聽聽on a popular moderate trail in the area. It is still unknown how they got separated.