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Bob Hurley
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This is from the Johnson City (Tennessee, USA) Press. Johnson City has a population of around 52,000 (the "big city" part is very much tongue-in-cheek), it's a very small place.
The names have not been changed to protect the foolish.
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Helicopter utilized to find group lost in city
By Kristen Swing
Press Staff Writer
kswing@johnsoncitypress.com
Four young adults became lost in Johnson City Tuesday after driving their vehicle into a wooded area at the dead-end of Park Avenue where they reportedly got stuck. After becoming stuck, April Gainey, Russell Humphreys, Bobby Fillers and Nikki Fillers attempted to walk out of the woods but became disoriented and got lost, police said.
During the groups attempt to find its way out of the woods, Gainey and Humphreys reportedly were separated from Bobby and Nikki Fillers.
A little after 11 p.m. Tuesday, Humphreys used his cell phone to call Washington County 911 dispatchers for help. Humphreys reportedly told dispatchers that he and Gainey were separated from the other two individuals they were with and that they were all lost in the woods.
Officers reported to the Park Avenue area and tried to locate the four individuals but were unable to find them.
A more extensive search, involving Emergency Medical Services and Wings Air Rescue, immediately began in an attempt to locate the individuals, police said.
The helicopter reportedly flew over the wooded area until Humphreys was able to see it and call from his cell phone to direct the pilot to his location.
The rough terrain made it impossible for the helicopter to land at the location of Humphreys and Gainey, but the pilot was able to determine that the two individuals were in the woods a few hundred yards west of the Johnson City Police firearms range, police said.
A little after 1 a.m., officers and EMS personnel entered the woods and found Humphreys and Gainey, both of whom were reportedly cold and tired but uninjured from the incident.
About an hour before Humphreys and Gainey were found, Bobby and Nikki Fillers, the other half of the missing group, walked out of the woods on River Road near the Douglas Dynamics Plant.
They were picked up by friends and brought back to the dead-end on Park Avenue with no visible injuries from the incident, police said.
The group had been in the woods for more than three hours and had traveled a distance of approximately three miles before they made it out safely, police said.
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The names have not been changed to protect the foolish.
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Helicopter utilized to find group lost in city
By Kristen Swing
Press Staff Writer
kswing@johnsoncitypress.com
Four young adults became lost in Johnson City Tuesday after driving their vehicle into a wooded area at the dead-end of Park Avenue where they reportedly got stuck. After becoming stuck, April Gainey, Russell Humphreys, Bobby Fillers and Nikki Fillers attempted to walk out of the woods but became disoriented and got lost, police said.
During the groups attempt to find its way out of the woods, Gainey and Humphreys reportedly were separated from Bobby and Nikki Fillers.
A little after 11 p.m. Tuesday, Humphreys used his cell phone to call Washington County 911 dispatchers for help. Humphreys reportedly told dispatchers that he and Gainey were separated from the other two individuals they were with and that they were all lost in the woods.
Officers reported to the Park Avenue area and tried to locate the four individuals but were unable to find them.
A more extensive search, involving Emergency Medical Services and Wings Air Rescue, immediately began in an attempt to locate the individuals, police said.
The helicopter reportedly flew over the wooded area until Humphreys was able to see it and call from his cell phone to direct the pilot to his location.
The rough terrain made it impossible for the helicopter to land at the location of Humphreys and Gainey, but the pilot was able to determine that the two individuals were in the woods a few hundred yards west of the Johnson City Police firearms range, police said.
A little after 1 a.m., officers and EMS personnel entered the woods and found Humphreys and Gainey, both of whom were reportedly cold and tired but uninjured from the incident.
About an hour before Humphreys and Gainey were found, Bobby and Nikki Fillers, the other half of the missing group, walked out of the woods on River Road near the Douglas Dynamics Plant.
They were picked up by friends and brought back to the dead-end on Park Avenue with no visible injuries from the incident, police said.
The group had been in the woods for more than three hours and had traveled a distance of approximately three miles before they made it out safely, police said.
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foolish young adults!! 
