Utah rescuers find emaciated hiker after monthlong ordeal By Phil Gast , CNN July 14, 2012 -- Updated 1451 GMT (2251 HKT) William M. LaFever is moved by stretcher after arriving at Garfield Memorial Hospital in Garfield, Utah. STORY HIGHLIGHTS · Man survives more than three weeks in remote Utah desert · Helicopter pilot, deputy rescued him in river gulch · Hiker had eaten roots, frogs to stay alive · According to family, survivor has autism (CNN) -- Too weak to stand or walk, William M. LaFever sat in a shallow river bed in the south Utah desert, awaiting rescue that came more than a month after his family last heard from him. Thursday afternoon, a helicopter flying in the Escalante River gorge spied the bearded LaFever, 28, who had lost 50 pounds an...
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