A father and his two children lost for three days in a swampy South Carolina national park have been found safe.
J.R. Kimbler, his daughter, Jade, 6, and his son, Dakota, 10, were located by a Congaree National Park ranger Tuesday morning before sunrise, NBC affiliate WIS reported.
All three were taken to a local hospital. According to park officials, they were all in stable condition.
Kimbler, 43, and his children left Harry Hampton Visitor Center for a hike on Saturday evening. Their last contact was a text message Kimbler sent to a friend at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Kimbler told the friend that he was lost — and the friend quickly reached out to the mother of Kimbler's kids, who alerted park rangers.
The trio was found two miles from the visitor center, WIS reported.
Congaree National Park is a 27,000-acre park within a floodplain formed by the Congaree and Wateree rivers.
