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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

10-year-old girl survives 24 hours in ‘rugged and remote’ Cascade mountains

Kittitas County Sheriff released photos of 10-year-old Shunghla Mashwani of Federal Way who was found after being reported missing in the Cle Elum River Valley north of the city of Cle Elum in Kittitas County.
Shunghla Mashwani was reunited with her family after surviving more than 24 hours in the wilderness. Photograph: Kittitas County Sheriff

A 10-year-old girl is being praised for surviving on her own for more than 24 hours in the Cascade mountain range in Washington state.

Shunghla Mashwani lost track of her family on Sunday while crossing over a pedestrian bridge at the Cathedral Rock trailhead in the northern part of the Cle Elum River valley. That same day, she was reported missing.

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