STEVENS PASS, Wash. - Eighteen-year-old Giovanna ‘Gia’ Fuda is recovering in the hospital after search and rescue crews found her alive deep in the woods in Stevens Pass after missing for nearly nine days.
The King County Sheriff’s Office tweeted an update around 3:45 p.m. Saturday with the good news that search and rescue crews found her Saturday afternoon at the bottom of a steep ravine about two miles up into the Cascade mountains.
Deputies said Fuda was by a stream approximately 3.5 miles from her vehicle before she was found her. Officials said she got lost after leaving her vehicle that ran out of gas on US Hwy 2.“It's very rare.