Brit rescued in Oz set to come home; BACKPACKER.Byline: ADRIAN SHAW Adrian Shaw may refer to:
MIRACLE backpacker Jamie Neale will return home to London next week after leaving hospital yesterday. The 19-year-old was missing for 12 days in Australia after getting lost while on a trek. He survived his ordeal in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney, on a diet of berries, nuts, nettles and creek water. Jamie, who took just two days to recover from dehydration and hypothermia hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature, with slowing of physiological activity. It is artificially induced (usually with ice baths) for certain surgical procedures and cancer treatments. , is to describe his ordeal in a TV interview broadcast in Australia over the weekend. He said: "I thought I was going to die. I'd like to thank everyone for their thoughts." And he quashed claims he may have staged the ordeal for cash by donating most of his pounds 25,000 TV fee to a hospital and rescue groups. Police said they believe Jamie, of Muswell Hill Coordinates: Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey It is situated 6.2 miles (10 km) north of Charing Cross. , London, is telling the truth after they spent the day quizzing him. Police commander Andy McWhirter said: "Everything that's been said puts him in areas which he can describe." CAPTION(S): ORDEAL Jamie Neal |
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