{"id":12285,"date":"2019-12-02T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=12285"},"modified":"2019-12-02T20:16:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:16:20","slug":"incredible-story-of-survival-woman-rescued-after-12-days-in-outback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/12285","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incredible Story of Survival\u2019: Woman Rescued After 12 Days in Outback"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman rescued after 12 days stranded in Australia’s remote outback said she survived by eating biscuits and drinking from a watering hole.<\/p>\n

Tamra McBeath-Riley was with two other people who became stranded when their car got stuck in a riverbed.<\/p>\n

The group split up to get help. Ms McBeath-Riley was found near her car but her companions are still missing.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, 12 days later, the police said they had found one of the three people and a dog alive near a water hole about a mile away from the abandoned truck.<\/p>\n

Unusual tire tracks spotted by a cattle station worker, as well as a note left inside the vehicle, provided a breakthrough for searchers.<\/p>\n

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The rescued woman, Tamra McBeath-Riley, 52, survived in the 100-degree-plus heat by boiling and drinking groundwater, the police said.<\/p>\n

She was airlifted to a roadhouse about 55 miles from Alice Springs, where paramedics found her breaking her fast with beer, cola and french fries, said Andrew Everingham, the regional manager for St. John Ambulance.<\/p>\n

She was treated for dehydration and exposure and released from a hospital on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We tried many times to try to get out, but just couldn’t get out, the river was just too large,” she said.<\/p>\n

“During the day it’s just really hot so we dug ourselves under the car. At night [we] could sleep in the car.”<\/p>\n

They used up all their supplies of water, as well as some iced vodkas, biscuits and beef noodles they had in the car.<\/p>\n

They eventually found a watering hole, and boiled the water before sieving it through a shirt.<\/p>\n

“It was still quite dirty, not hygienic water but it kept them alive,” as told by NT Police Superintendent Pauline Vicary.<\/p>\n

Searchers in two helicopters are continuing to look for the other two people, Claire Hockridge, 46, and Phu Tran, 40, who split from Ms. McBeath-Riley about a week ago to seek help.<\/p>\n

The two had some water with them when they broke away, though there is \u201csignificant concern\u201d for their welfare, Mr. Everingham said.<\/p>\n

When the truck first became stuck in the riverbed, the three stayed with the vehicle for a couple of days. But then they decided to set off toward the Finke River, and left a note inside the truck detailing their plans.<\/p>\n

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