Soldier that went missing for 6 days while hiking found
Soldier that went missing for 6 days while hiking found
2025-11-26
A soldier in the Army surnamed Chiang who went missing for six days while on a hike was found and rescued on Wednesday morning. He had gone hiking on Taichung’s Batong Trail on his own last Friday, and went missing when he was close to finishing his trip. When he was found this morning, he was mostly fine, save for a few minor injuries.
This is Mr. Chiang, a soldier in the Army who went missing for 6 days. He waves at the drone camera to let rescuers know he’s safe, and even gives a thumbs-up.
Rescuer
Taichung City Fire Department
In the beginning, someone heard him yell “Help me!” It’s clear that it came from a human, so we sent out a drone to take a look.
The soldier kept blowing a whistle and crying for help to get rescuers to come. Firefighters heard him and set out a camera drone to confirm his location. Mr. Chiang had been at this location in the valley for six days by then. He was still fully conscious and mobile, only sustaining a few minor injuries.
Rescuer
Taichung City Fire Department
He was fine when we found him. He also had access to water. It’s clever of him to stay put. If he couldn’t get water, he’d be in great trouble by day two or three.
How did he manage despite the cold and hunger? Rescuers say he happened to slip down a river valley and so he had water, which allowed him to live. He also remained calm and stayed put to preserve stamina.
Chao Kuan-fei
Taichung City Fire Department
When we saw him from the camera, he was able to stand up and wave to us through the drone camera. It looked like he had traces of blood on his face, likely from getting scratched.
Even though Mr. Chiang is in the Army and physically active, he rarely went on hikes. Around 7:30 in the morning last Friday, he went alone to hike the Batong Trail, shared his location near Dream Valley at around noon and made it to the summit at around 4:30 in the afternoon. By 7:11 p.m., he texted his girlfriend he had just 1km left back to the trailhead, but was unreachable soon after that. His family made a social media post asking for help, before rescuers finally found him on Wednesday morning past 9 in the valley near the Eight Immortals Mountain.
-They really went all out helping to find him. We’re really thankful.
-Does he usually carry a whistle with him? Why else would he have one?
-It’s taught to them by his higher-ups. They’ve done a great job.
Mr. Chiang’s family and friends can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Taichung City Fire Department had sent out 100 rescuers, and the Armed Forces supported the mission with 24 soldiers on the Special Forces. It’s a miracle that he was unharmed when found after 6 days.
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裝甲兵獨攀"八唐縱走"滑落溪谷 失聯6天吹哨獲救
2025-11-26
陸軍十軍團一名江姓裝甲兵，獨自攀登台中八唐縱走，失聯6天，今天傳出好消息，搜救隊員上午9點多，在南松鶴山附近溪谷，聽到哨子求救聲，透過空拍機確認就是該失聯江姓男子，搜救人員說，男子受困地點在溪谷旁有水，加上他沒有亂跑，冷靜求救，保住自己一命。
他就是失聯6天的裝甲兵江姓男子，看到空拍機出現彷彿看到救星，知道自己獲救了，趕緊揮揮手還比出大拇指報平安，讓空拍機操控人員，確認他人無恙還活著。
[[搜救隊員]]
“剛開始是有人聽到他喊救我，聽很清楚就是人為的沒有錯，我們就嘗試飛空拍機去看。”
保命關鍵，士兵不斷吹哨子求救也大喊救命，消防隊聞聲後派出空拍機確認，江姓男子在這處山谷中待了六天，獲救時，意識清楚能站能動，身上僅有輕微外傷。
[[搜救隊員]]
“找的時候他已經ok的，他旁邊也有水，剛好他聰明沒有動，如果是沒有水，兩三天他就有問題了。”
怎麼度過飢餓、寒冷？搜救隊員透露，江姓男子疑似滑落溪谷，就這麼剛好，旁邊就有水，成了活命關鍵，加上冷靜應對，沒有亂跑耗費體力。
[[消防第二救災救護副大隊長 趙冠斐]]
“空拍機看到他，他是可以站立，可以跟我們空拍機揮手，那臉部看起來有些血跡，因為是挫傷。”
江姓男子是陸軍十軍團裝甲兵，登山經驗並不豐富， 21日上午7點半，展開獨攀八唐縱走，中午12點多來到夢幻谷附近留下座標，下午4點半左右成功登頂，到了晚間7點11分跟女友聯繫，說只剩一公里了，之後卻斷了音訊，家屬發文找人，最終在26日上午9點多在南松鶴山附近溪谷，被搜救人員發現。
“他們都很積極在幫忙找，謝謝大家。”
“他平常都會隨身攜帶哨子嗎?不然怎麼會有哨子?”
“這個是長官教導，長官教得好。”
兒子獨自登山，差點回不來，傳來好消息，讓家屬放下心中大石頭，期間過程台中消防局，啟動搜救任務，出動上百人力找人，國軍也出了24
特戰兵協助支援，最終江姓男子，奇蹟生還，平安歸來。
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