Hannah Weaver described the rescue of her husband Ron from dense bushland in Sydney’s north as a “very good New Year’s present”.
The wife of a man who went missing in Sydney’s north for four days has thanked the community and emergency services after he was found alive and wedged in a tree in bushland on Friday.
Hannah Weaver has thanked the community and emergency services after husband Ron was found alive and stuck in a tree on Friday morning. “I’m 60-plus, but I jumped up like a little girl,” she said. “I’m just so moved that so many people work together to find Ron ... I don’t know how to express in my words.Hannah, who has been married to Ronald for nearly 18 years, said it was unusual behaviour for her husband, who did not move around much due to his dementia.
SES volunteer Andy Kelsey, on his first-ever search, eventually spotted Weaver from a ridge just before noon on Friday.Inspector Mark Hayes from NSW Ambulance said Ronald was wedged in the fork of a tree, “which was blocking circulation to his lower limbs”. He was treated with a blood transfusion and stabilised by paramedics.
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