Torrance boy, 4, rescued after spending nearly 24 hours missing in Sierra National Forest – Daily Breeze

A 4-year-old Torrance boy was found unharmed near Huntington Lake by search and rescue teams Friday morning, June 21, and reunited with his parents nearly 24 hours after he was reported missing from Rancheria Campground in the Forest Sierra National Park. (Courtesy of Fresno County Sheriff's Office)

A 4-year-old Torrance boy missing for nearly 24 hours near Huntington Lake in Fresno County was found by rescue crews tired and hungry but otherwise unharmed Friday morning, June 21, officials said. authorities.

Christian Ramirez's parents were staying at the Rancheria Campground when they called the Fresno County Sheriff's Office at 11 a.m. Thursday to report their son missing, Fresno County sheriff's officials said.

ABC Los Angeles reported that the boy and his family were from Torrance.

The parents had searched for the boy for about an hour before calling authorities, prompting a response that included a search and rescue team, an air support unit, Forest Service rangers and California Fish agents & Wildlife to search near the northeast corner of Huntington Lake, in the Sierra National Forest and about 65 miles northeast of Fresno, officials said.

“Within five minutes, he just disappeared,” Fresno County Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Pursell told ABC 30, a Fresno station.

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The boy was found by a Tulare County search and rescue team around 8 a.m. Friday, nestled under a tree about a quarter-mile from where he was last seen, officials said . The boy was given a sandwich and taken to meet his parents.

Searchers called the boy in the morning and he called back, Pursell told the station.

“This was an incredible display of teamwork and dedication,” the sheriff’s office said on Facebook. “There were over 50 MPs and volunteers who came together to participate in this research.”