RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — Dehydrated and disoriented, one of two teenage hikers missing in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest has been found, as crews searched for his female companion.
Nicholas Cendoya, 19, was discovered by another hiker shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday night and airlifted to a hospital.
He was talking to paramedics but struggling to answer questions about what had happened and where the second hiker, 18-year-old Kyndall Jack, might be.
"He was extremely confused and disoriented," said sheriff's Lt. Jason Park.
Only minimal searching had been planned for the night, but an intensified hunt with renewed hope was under way late Wednesday night for Jack after Cendoya was found.
