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HER DISAPPEARANCE
SILVER ALERT ISSUED IN
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
EARLIER, A SEARCH WAS
LAUNCHED FOR A 69-
YEAR-OLD CUMBERLAND
IN A WOODED AREA
AND HIS RESCUERS'
EFFORTS LED TO A HAPPY
EYEWITNESS NEWS
ADAMSON JOINS US FROM
CUMBERLAND NOW, WITH
MOBILE NEWSROOM.
POLICE FEARED FOR THE
WORST AFTER SEARCHING FOR
THESE WOODS ALL
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. BUT
THANKS TO A HARD WORKING
SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM
LARS, THAT MAN IS SAFE AND
SOUND.
THE WIFE OF CONRAD
HEFFERNAN WAS ALARMED
THURSDAY NIGHT NAP TO
DISCOVER HER HUSBAND
MISSING FROM THEIR SCOTT
CUMBERLAND POLICE WHO
SOON TEAMED UP WITH THE
POLICE ON THE SEARCH FOR
THE 69 YEAR OLD MAN.
:
"It was a lengthy search. We
We
morning."
POLICE WERE AWARE THAT
WALKS IN THE WOODS, BUT
AFTER HOURS OF SEARCHING A
3 SQUARE MILE RADIUS, THEY
"There is always a worry when
go
for a walk and they haven't
home."
PICKED UP A SCENT AROUND
7:30 AM ON FRIDAY.
"I said, did my dog just bark?"
LARS AND HIS HANDLER RITA
BY SOME HIGH POWER LINES
HE WAS DEHYDRATED AND
HYPOTHERMIA ...BUT
"To have that person be alive
makes me even more extatic. "
CUMBERLAND'S POLICE CHIEF
BELIEVES HEFFERNAN GOT
DISORIENTED WHILE WALKING
IN THE DARK. HE PRAISED THE
ENTIRE SEARCH TEAM'S
EFFORTS FOR SAVING A LIFE.
outstanding job. And as a result
that, it's a happy ending."
HEFFERNAN HAS BEEN
TRANSPORTED TO RHODE
EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL
BLACKSTONE VALLEY MOBILE
NEWSROOM ANDREW
ADAMSON EWN.