{"id":109207,"date":"2026-11-12T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/boy-found-alive-after-6-days-lost-in-australian-wilderness-hes-grounded-for-life\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:59:23","slug":"boy-found-alive-after-6-days-lost-in-australian-wilderness-hes-grounded-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/boy-found-alive-after-6-days-lost-in-australian-wilderness-hes-grounded-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy found alive after 6 days lost in Australian wilderness: &#8220;He&#8217;s grounded for life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A 17-year-old boy with autism was found alive Thursday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands.<\/p>\n<p> The boy, whom police identified only as William, had begun camping with a teenage friend when he disappeared last Friday near Walhalla, a former gold-mining town 185 kilometers (115 miles) east of Melbourne, police said.<\/p>\n<p> A police helicopter crew found him surrounded by wilderness lying asleep on a flat rock beside a creek, and he was later reunited with his mother. William was in good spirits and mostly in good health, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.vic.gov.au\/teenager-william-found-after-six-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police statement<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p> Video shot from the rescue helicopter showed he was shirtless and sunburned. He was wearing shorts and boots and was using towels as blankets.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I&#8217;m just over the moon that he&#8217;s alive,&#8221; his mother, Elizabeth, told reporters. The AP has decided not to provide her family name to avoid identifying her son.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;And he&#8217;s never leaving the house again. He&#8217;s grounded for life. He&#8217;s not going anywhere ever again,&#8221; she joked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1127762106526514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police video<\/a> showed Elizabeth embrace her son after the rescue helicopter landed to complete its mission.<\/p>\n<p> William was later taken to a hospital for his health to be monitored, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amazingly, William is in good spirits and for the most part, in good health,&#8221; they said in the statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/11\/12\/6d55fe06-905f-43c3-bb1d-9ab8f8efc45c\/thumbnail\/620x414\/64cef2f1b2d4ac88de94ffe851698291\/ap26316193697516.jpg#\" alt=\"Australia Wilderness Rescue \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/11\/12\/6d55fe06-905f-43c3-bb1d-9ab8f8efc45c\/thumbnail\/620x414\/64cef2f1b2d4ac88de94ffe851698291\/ap26316193697516.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/11\/12\/6d55fe06-905f-43c3-bb1d-9ab8f8efc45c\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/6e9fb4ad48384ee37d59d0a0eca7f12e\/ap26316193697516.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this image made from video and provided by the Victoria State Police 17-year-old William, center right, is embraced by his mother Elizabeth, while in a helicopter in Cowwarr, Australia, Nov. 12, 2026, after William spent six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Victoria Police via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>William&#8217;s family have said he has Level 2 autism. That requires &#8220;substantial support,&#8221; according to the Australian advocacy group Autism360.<\/p>\n<p> Such a person may have marked deficits in verbal and non-verbal social communication and rely heavily on routines and predictable activities. Disruption can cause significant distress.<\/p>\n<p> The Southern Hemisphere spring weather had been mild for the past week in the alpine region where William was lost and there had been little rain.<\/p>\n<p> Elizabeth had dropped off her son and his friend last Friday for a weekend of camping. William walked a short distance from the campsite to the drop-off location to collect more camping equipment but never returned to his friend, police said.<\/p>\n<p> After becoming lost, William trekked for days up and down &#8220;some very steep terrain,&#8221; Acting Police Inspector Jason Benbow said.<\/p>\n<p> He spent the last two days where he was found at the creek, trapped by the steepness of his surrounds 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the his camp site, Benbow said.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;He woke up to the sound of the helicopter, gave them a thumbs up and they winched him to safety,&#8221; Benbow told reporters.<\/p>\n<p> The extensive police search for him involved more than 100 emergency services personnel and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>There have been other dramatic rescues in Australia&#8217;s wilderness in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, a German tourist was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/carolina-wilga-german-backpacker-found-australia-missing-12-days-outback\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found alive<\/a><\/span> in Australia&#8217;s remote Outback, 12 days after she went missing. She was found just a day after officials and local media said <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/australian-surfer-uninhabited-island\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">an Australian surfer<\/a><\/span>, who had been feared lost at sea, was rescued after spending a night on an uninhabited island miles from where they had walked into the water.<\/p>\n<p> In 2019, an Australian woman missing for three days was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/woman-lost-in-australian-wilderness-rescued-after-desperate-sos-message-in-the-sand\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rescued<\/a><\/span> after the SOS message she scrawled in the sand was spotted on a surveillance camera.<\/p>\n<p>The successful rescues have included animals as well. Last year, a runaway dog was captured after a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/dog-valerie-missing-529-days-captured-kangaroo-island-australia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">529-day adventure<\/a><\/span> in Australia as she roamed an island teeming with kangaroos, possums, koala bears and penguins.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Agence  France-Presse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/teen-found-alive-6-days-lost-australia-wilderness\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 17-year-old boy with autism was found alive Thursday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. 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