By the third day, the 76-year-old hiker’s water supply was exhausted and he was forced to drink his own urine to survive.
PHOENIX — A 76-year-old Vietnam veteran is recovering after surviving five days lost in the Arizona wilderness, enduring dehydration, a rattlesnake attack and the psychological toll of not knowing if rescuers would find him in time.
Mark Eric Young, who now lives in North Carolina, had returned to the Phoenix area to visit family when he decided to take a solo hike near Bloody Basin, roughly an hour north of the city — a
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