Post by Adriana Velez
We were so relieved when one of the two missing teen hikers, Nicholas Cendoya, was found Wednesday night in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest. His hiking companion, Kyndall Jack, was found Thursday morning. Both were shoeless, disoriented, and dehydrated. Cendoya couldn't say much of anything about what happened at first. But now that he's had time to recover in the hospital, he's finally talking about his experience. He told reporters, "We weren't meant to die." Cendoya says all he and Kyndall wanted was to have an "Easter adventure." Apparently this was the first time the two had hung out together (a first date, maybe?). But it was a hike that changed his life. For Cendoya, this near brush with death was almost a spiritual experience.![]()
We were so relieved when one of the two missing teen hikers, Nicholas Cendoya, was found Wednesday night in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest. His hiking companion, Kyndall Jack, was found Thursday morning. Both were shoeless, disoriented, and dehydrated. Cendoya couldn't say much of anything about what happened at first. But now that he's had time to recover in the hospital, he's finally talking about his experience. He told reporters, "We weren't meant to die." Cendoya says all he and Kyndall wanted was to have an "Easter adventure." Apparently this was the first time the two had hung out together (a first date, maybe?). But it was a hike that changed his life. For Cendoya, this near brush with death was almost a spiritual experience.