{"id":8085,"date":"2010-08-03T13:55:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=8085"},"modified":"2010-08-03T13:55:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:55:24","slug":"missing-irish-tourists-rescued-in-turkish-holiday-resort-of-fethiye-34673647","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/missing-irish-tourists-rescued-in-turkish-holiday-resort-of-fethiye-34673647\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Irish tourists rescued in Turkish Holiday resort of Fethiye"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em; text-align: justify;\">MUGLA \u2013 Rescue workers in Turkey have found two Irish tourists who were reported missing in the Turkish resort city of Fethiye.<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Video of rescue after missing tourists found in Fethiye.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[media id=353 width=610 height=340]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members of Turkish\u00a0rescue team AKUT, gendarmeries and Turkish villagers all were involved in the rescue work to the early morning hours of Tuesday after <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8086\" title=\"Irish tourists found\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Irish-tourists-found.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Irish-tourists-found.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Irish-tourists-found-280x210.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>the news of the missing tourists spread.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">AKUT members\u00a0started rescue works after the son, Chris White, called the hotel they were staying at to ask for help.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been reported that the father, Stephan White, had short term memory loss due to dehydration after being found in a ditch in a mountain the pair had gone up to explore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescue workers managed contact the pair through their mobile phones to get information about their whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One rescue worker said \u201cfortunately it was dark and as they (tourists) heard our voice they signaled to us via the flash of their camera they had on them,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cwe were then able to pinpoint their location,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe father had been suffering from severe dehydration and had memory loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The father White, 54 and son Chris White, 29, were taken to the emergency services where they are recovering from their ordeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chris White\u00a0said \u201caround 18:00 hours we started to walk on the Likya path (a path at a famous mount in Fethiye), after walking 3,5 kilometers we realized that we had gone off course and we were lost,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy father started to fall ill and he lost his memory, our water was finished, I called our hotel and asked for help, the rescue workers found us. I am glad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fethiye is a very popular destination for British, German and Russian tourists but officials warn that visitors should not wonder around in remote areas on their own and always carry reserve water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Write your comments and thoughts below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 9)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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