CNN
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The household of lacking British actor Julian Sands have thanked “heroic” search groups in California for his or her efforts to find him as crews proceed to scour the Mt. Baldy space.
The 65-year-old, greatest identified for his roles in movies “A Room with a View” and “Arachnophobia,” was first reported lacking on January 13 after going mountain climbing within the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County.
On Monday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s workplace shared a press release from Sands’ household on Twitter that named numerous organizations concerned within the efforts, together with specialist canine and cave groups.
“Our heartfelt because of the compassionate members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division who’re coordinating the seek for our beloved Julian, not least the heroic search groups listed under who’re braving tough situations on the bottom and within the air to convey Julian house,” the assertion learn.
Sands’ household stated they had been “deeply touched” by the help they’d obtained within the days since his disappearance.
The sheriff’s division added that as operations entered day 11, “we’re reminded of the sheer dedication & selflessness of all the individuals who have aided on this search.”
Officers beforehand stated that cellular phone pings from January 15 led them to imagine Sands, a longtime resident of the Los Angeles space, went lacking close to the Mt. Baldy space of the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Los Angeles.
Nevertheless, dangerous climate made situations too harmful for floor crews, so searches had been as an alternative carried out by helicopter and drones final week.
“Nothing is off the desk. However clearly the situations there are very excessive,” Mara Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s workplace, instructed CNN Thursday. “We simply don’t know what the turnout goes to be.”
On Monday, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Division additionally revealed that they had been trying to find one other lacking hiker on Mt. Baldy. Jin Chung, 75, did not return from his hike as deliberate on Sunday, officers stated in a press release.