He returned with his grandmother. The young 9 year old boy – the only survivor of a hike with his parents in the desert of New Mexico late last week – arrived at Roissy Sunday night.
The family, originally from the Marne, wished “maximum discretion” and she went out “to out of sight,” said an airport source. The boy was found Tuesday afternoon by the Rangers from the White Sands National Park, in south-western United States, next to his father, lifeless. His mother had been discovered a few minutes earlier during a routine patrol.
The child would have survived thanks to the last reserves of Water that his parents have given him. Parents have contributed to the survival of their son by giving two times more water they drank it, said Benny House, the sheriff of the county where the park is located. The boy told the authorities that during the hike, “the father and the mother took a sip while they were drinking two sips of water to the child. Maybe that’s why he s’ is so out, because it is smaller and he probably drank more water than them, “said Sheriff Benny House to the local newspaper Alamogordo Daily News.
Two small bottles of water with them
According ABCNews quoting the American news agency AP, the couple were two small bottles of water with him barely 1.2 liters in total while recommendations of park authorities are to take at least one gallon (3.7 liters) per person and only work the hours the coolest of the day.
The results of the autopsy still unknown
The exact causes of death however, have not yet been clearly established. An autopsy was held but the results are not yet known. Why tourists have not they contacted the rescue? Why had they not planned enough water?
“My son was passionate about travel and told us he was leaving five weeks with his wife and son to make this journey to States United and to take pictures. As a father I had warned against this program that was too large. This was fatal to him. ” said Alain Steiner.
Steiner torque greatly enjoyed traveling and had even made the same journey in the southern United States for ten days in 2014. “On their return from that first trip, they often said” we will return longer there. “They had to stay there this time five weeks and it was the trip of their dreams,” said Kim Duntze, a colleague of Ornella Steiner before explaining that they had a year to prepare for this trip.
A routine patrol discovered first the mother and then the father and child
David and Ornella visiting the parks with family national US. Tuesday they intended to take pictures in one of the most difficult hiking trails at White Sands National Monument, “White Sands”, a desert area in New Mexico.
It was during a routine patrol, around 17:30, the body of the mother, aged 51, was discovered. “We tried to understand what had happened so we looked into his camera,” said the sheriff to the New York Daily News. Seeing the pictures she was not traveling alone, park rangers continued their path and located a half-hour later, the father and son.
The boy told authorities that his mother aged 51, not feeling well, had returned to their vehicle and had encouraged them to continue their hike before succumbing to heat stroke. The child and his father continued until the adult unconscious.
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