{"id":380052,"date":"2025-11-15T05:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/380052\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:49:15","slug":"family-rescued-after-getting-lost-on-a-hike-in-gta-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/380052\/","title":{"rendered":"Family rescued after getting lost on a hike in GTA park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"isPasted\">A couple and their 1-year-old child were rescued by police after getting lost on a hike in Rouge National Urban Park earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to Toronto police, the family became \u201cdisoriented\u201d in dense bush while hiking near a stream in the park on Saturday, Nov. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Air Support responded to the area of Steeles Avenue East and Reesor Road and began searching for the lost family. They were advised to use a geolocation app called \u201cWhat3Words\u201d to help narrow down officer\u2019s search of the park which sprawls across more than 79 square kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the family was quickly found in the thick bush and no injuries were reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-14-220141-1024x526.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4699164\"  \/>Footage from a police chopper shows the moment the family was rescued. (TPS)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAir Support officers first tried to guide the family out using verbal directions, but the rugged terrain made it unsafe for them to navigate alone with a small child,\u201d police wrote in a news release issued on Nov. 14. \u201cOfficers then entered the extremely dense vegetation to help with the rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officers were then guided by tactical crews in a police helicopter along with other technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing live aerial views and precise digital coordinates, officers were able to reach the family and guide everyone safely out without further incident,\u201d police added.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have released a three-minute\u00a0and 55-second video showing the family\u2019s rescue.<\/p>\n<p>No other details were released.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A couple and their 1-year-old child were rescued by police after getting lost on a hike in Rouge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":380053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-380052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115552149360565218","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}