CT man rescued minutes before search party was to be called off!

Missing CT man found, lucky to be alive
Another reason not to hike alone and having a plan!


BEACON FALLS, CT (NBC) -- A Connecticut man who has been missing for a week has been found safe.
A state worker found Richard Roncarti, 50, around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Beacon Falls section of the Naugatuck State Forest.

He was rescued just minutes before the search was going to be called off, officials said.

Crews said Roncarti was stranded in the Naugatuck State Forest with severe injuries after falling 100 feet and having no food or water for seven days. Emergency crews said he was lucky to be alive.

“He looked like he had been in the weather a few days. He was beat up pretty good,” Chief Michael Pratt, of the Beacon Falls Fire Department, said....

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