Posted on 04/24/2015 11:04:53 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A 17-year-old Cupertino boy who had been missing and returned to his family on Thursday night, hid on his high school campus over the last four days and ate fruit to survive, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.
Sgt. James Jensen told NBC Bay Area on Friday morning that Connor Sullivan had hidden for a portion of the time at Monta Vista High School, where he had last been seen Monday morning after his first class.
Jensen said he also used portable toilets on campus as scores of deputies and volunteers had fanned the South Bay looking for him. The boy ate fruit he found in trees, Jensen said, not disclosing if Connor had any money on him to eat other food.
Jensen added that the teen had been depressed about school, but added that's not what prompted Sullivan to leave his home.
Like he wouldn't have survived if he didn't get a meal in four days? I can see having trouble if you don't get anything to drink in four days, but not eating? Some people deliberately fast longer than that.
Missing for 4 days and he ate fruit “to survive?”
Uh... more like to stave off his hunger. He was in no danger of not surviving if he didn’t get that fruit.
Reminds me of the South Park episode where they are trapped in the gym for a few hours and Mr. Garrison is complaining about being super-hungry and suggests that they’ll have to start eating people soon.
He’s a growing teenage boy.
You beat me!
He survived 4 days on nothing but fresh fruit and using porta potties at the local school, and we don’t know if he had any money for other food or not according to the story.
This is Shackleton territory, an inspiring tale of survival, against all odds.
“Survived” for FOUR WHOLE DAYS!!!!!!!!
The question is did he survive without his smartphone?
Exactly. I'm one of them. I hate the lamestream media.
Movie rights!
Good question.
There are probably lots of difficulties and challenges that we won’t know about, until the book comes out.
Also, he didn't tell any friends what he was up to?
“the last four days and ate fruit to survive”
Probably had to fight wolves to get it.
The Survivors Rule of 3’s:
3 minutes without air
3 hours with out shelter
3 days without water
3 weeks without food
Oh how insensitive! You know teens can't survive for more than a few hours without their smartphones.
“He survived 4 days on nothing but fresh fruit and using porta potties at the local school, and we don’t know if he had any money for other food or not according to the story.”
Wait, what? Don’t they still have free water at schools?
“Once, on a trek through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew...and were forced to live on food and water for several days!”
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