Love-struggled teenager missing and rescued from Da Mao Shan

Picture: Rescuers searched for nearly four hours and rescued an 18-year-old man in a cave in Tai Mo Shan.

[Ta Kung Pao News] Reporter Gu Zhuoxun reported: Yesterday morning (18th) at 7 o'clock in Damaoshan, passers-by found coats, mobile phones and other personal belongings on the side of the road. They suspected that someone had slipped and fell into the mountain and called the police. Rescuers searched by land and air for nearly four hours and rescued an 18-year-old man in the cave, who was taken to hospital by ambulance. It is reported that he walked into the mountain on his own because of emotional distress.

The incident happened at around 7:00 am yesterday. A hiker found a rucksack and mobile phone charger left on the ground near Wo Tong Gang on Tai Mo Shan Road, but there was no trace of the owner. They suspected that someone had fallen from the mountain and called the police. Firefighters and the police arrived at the scene about 1.2 kilometers away from Rotary Park. A blue bag was found next to a Drainage Services Department facility, containing a tablet computer and food. There were clothes and shoes about 50 meters down the slope. The Mountain Rescue Team and the Civil Security Team went down the hillside to search successively. Government Flying Service helicopters and police drones also dispatched to assist in the search and rescue from the air.

left personal belongings and went to the slope bushes until 11:45 in the morning. Rescuers found an 18-year-old man surnamed Lin who was 1.7 meters tall in a cave on the hillside about 200 meters away from the scene of the report. , with a thin build and short hair. He was sober at the time. He was wearing a helmet and a Civil Security Force uniform. His chin, hands and feet were scratched, and his trousers were stained with blood. With the assistance of rescuers, he left the hillside and returned to the ground with a rope. The staff helped him into the ambulance and sent him to the hospital in a stable condition.

It is understood that the victim is a nursing student. He suspected that he was troubled by emotional problems at the time. After talking with his friends on whatsapp, he went to Tai Mo Shan by himself, left his personal belongings and walked to the bushes on the slope.