A 10-year-old girl who came to the U.S. from Afghanistan just two years ago was rescued after surviving 24 hours alone in a "rugged and remote" mountain area in Washington state after she got lost during a family gathering, authorities said.
The young girl shared her ordeal with her family and rescuers, recounting that she had become separated from the group as they were returning to a footbridge over the Cle Elum River and couldn't find her way back alone.