Shirt after 12 days: A woman survived in an isolated area with vodka and biscuits
Tamra Macbeth-Riley, 52, of Australia, got stuck in a car with two other people on an isolated river channel. She was spotted after they split to seek help, but her friends are still missing. They all took advantage of their water supplies, biscuits and noodles, and had to drink from a dirty cistern. "traumatic experience"
Shirt after 12 days: A woman survived in an isolated area with vodka and biscuits
Photo: 7NEWS AustraliaA woman in Australia who was rescued after 12 days of being stranded in a secluded area said she survived by eating biscuits and drinking from a cistern. Tamra Macbeth-Riley was with two other people when their car got stuck in a river channel. They split up to find help and Macbeth-Riley was found near her car, but her friends were still missing. Police said they were likely "severely dehydrated" after 13 days.
The 52-year-old woman set off on Nov. 19 with two other friends, Claire Hockridge Poe Tran, of Alice Springs, Northern Territory. They took Macbeth-Riley's dog with them, evidence.
Speaking to reporters outside a hospital in Alice Springs, she said the group stayed by the car for about three days trying to free her. "We tried many times to get out, but we just couldn't get out. The river was just too big," she said. "During the day it was really hot, so we dug under the car. At night we could sleep in it."
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Australian woman rescued after 12 days of being stranded in a secluded area (Photo: official website)
She said they took advantage of all their water supplies, vodka, biscuits and beef cattle that were in the car with them. Eventually, they found a cistern, which they boiled before filtering them through a shirt.
"They were still dirty and unhygienic water, but they kept them alive," police chief Pauline Vicari told ABC Network. Eventually, they decided to split up to find help. Tran and Hockridge planned to walk the freeway, while Macbeth-Riley stayed near the car because she thought her dog would not survive long distances.
Police shot helicopters to search for the trio, and they spotted Macbeth Riley about a mile from the stuck car after a local resident said he saw tire marks.
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To the full articleThe two remaining members of the area are apparently severely dehydrated. River Hue (Photo: Image Bank GettyImages)
Northern Territory in Australia (Photo: GettyImages)
"It was a traumatic experience," the police chief said. "Logically, she stayed near a place where she had water, which she drank, which is what probably left her alive."
Macbeth-Riley was evacuated to a hospital and was dehydrated. She said she assumed her friends had already been found, and the fact that they were still missing was "alarming."
Police have stepped up search efforts for the couple. Vicari said police had not yet begun to scan the area legally because they did not have a specific area to target their searches in the desert, rocky and sandy area.
