Authorities have found the two teen girls who walked away from a wilderness camp in Old Fort Thursday morning.
They were located around 10:30 p.m. Thursday in the woods of Mill Creek.
“The girls were found … safe and sound,” said Kristen Hayes, communications director with CRC Health Group & Aspen Education Group, in an e-mail. “Apparently, they hid near the train tracks all day, never making it into town.”
CRC is the parent company of SUWS of the Carolinas, the therapeutic wilderness camp program on Graphite Road in Old Fort from which the teens left Thursday.
The girls, 16-year-olds Katelynn Hall and Kayla Sunray, were last seen at the base camp around 6 a.m. Someone noticed their disappearance at 7 a.m., and authorities were notified at 8 a.m.
A 14-hour search proved to be fruitful.
“It was discovered (Thursday) morning that the two girls had left camp unauthorized,” Hayes stated in the e-mail. “SUWS staff immediately contacted local authorities and a search team was assembled. Authorities and SUWS staff used every resource they had to find the students and worked closely with the girls’ families throughout the search.”
Hall is from Dyer, Ind. and Sunray from Clinton, Va.
SUWS of the Carolinas is a state licensed and nationally recognized outdoor behavioral health program for struggling teens. Hayes said it considers student safety its No. 1 priority.
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