CONCERN MOUNTS FOR MISSING TEEN; FOUL WEATHER HAMPERS SEARCH FOR SNOWBOARDER.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Facing treacherous conditions described as the worst seen by many experienced rescuers, search teams spent a second day in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los on Sunday hoping to find a teen-age snowboarder missing since Saturday. Jeff Thornton, 14, of Brawley was last seen by his 30-year-old uncle after the two wandered off the marked trail of a ski area just west of Wrightwood, 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``I'm scared,'' said Danielle Thornton, Jeff Thornton's sister, who anxiously waited at home with two other brothers. ``I just want him to come home.'' The missing teen-ager and his uncle where snowboarding at the New Mountain High Resort ski area when the youngster slid off the trail into a canyon. The boy's uncle noticed him missing at 1 p.m. ``He apparently snowboarded out of bounds at noon,'' said sheriff's Deputy Bob Killeen. ``We have 120 people searching for him.'' Officials said the boy's uncle attempted to find him and notified authorities at 2:30 p.m. when his own search was unsuccessful. On Saturday, about 40 people from search teams and two dogs spent nine hours searching around the snow-capped Snow´-capped` a. 1. Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains s>. Adj. 1. mountains until 11 p.m. when they were forced to retreat because of heavy snow and winds of up to 70 mph. But by 7 a.m. Sunday, the teams were again in action looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. any clues that might lead to the missing youth. ``They had spotted some tracks near a ravine,'' Killeen said. ``But they didn't pan out.'' As the search intensified with specialized search dogs, three helicopters including one with heat-sensing equipment and 120 personnel and family members kept a vigil at the command post waiting for any news. Seven Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. search-and-rescue teams including those from Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , Montrose and San Dimas were assisted by search teams from San Bernardino, the Los Angeles County Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' Detail and U.S. National Forest Service. But snow, wind and dark conditions again forced officials to scale back the search Sunday at 2 p.m. |
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