5-year-old boy lost in the desert for 24 hours Hiking alone for 21 kilometers miraculously survived

A few days ago, Benjamín Sánchez, a 5-year-old boy in Argentina, was separated from his family in the desert. He spent 24 hours alone in the desert, escaped the danger of being attacked by poisonous snakes, mountain lions and other beasts, drank stream water and ate weeds, hiked 21 kilometers, and finally was saved.

According to reports, Sanchez, a 5-year-old boy from Argentina, followed his mother Kirogja and his friends to El Salado, a desert area located in san Juan province in western Argentina, on the 17th, and he was unfortunately separated while playing hide-and-seek with his mother.

Sanchez said, "Mom was chasing me at the time, so I ran too. At first he could hear his mother's voice, but soon he was lost in the desert.

Sanchez said, "I leaned against the stone and started calling out to my mother, but she couldn't hear me. So he had no choice but to keep going, looking for a way out.

After Sanchez's disappearance, Kirogja rushed to the police, and the rescue team immediately set out for search and rescue, involving about 1,000 police officers and volunteers. After a long search, Sanches was finally found 21 kilometers from the location where the boy disappeared.

It is reported that the local environment is quite dangerous, and it is very likely to encounter poisonous snakes, scorpions and mountain lions. And the temperature difference between day and night is large, the daytime temperature is as high as 30 degrees Celsius, but at night it can be as low as below zero, when Sanchez only wore a T-shirt and a pair of thin pants, which was not enough to withstand the cold.

Sanchez recalled, "I was cold, I couldn't sleep well on the rocks, I was scared. His mother, Kirogja, also confessed at the time that she was "desperate" and began to prepare for the worst. However, after 22 hours, search and rescue personnel finally found Sanchez in the swamp about 21 kilometers away from the place of disappearance.

Sanchez, who had been missing for a day, reportedly looked somewhat weak and slightly dehydrated. The local police immediately took Sanchez to the San Juan Regional Hospital, but fortunately the child was not in serious trouble and was discharged home a day later.

Sanchez said: "I was happy when I saw my mum and I really missed her. Sanchez recalled that he quenched his thirst in the desert by drinking stream water and ate grass until he was rescued. (Source: China News Network)