The search has been called off for a 67-year-old British man who went missing while hiking in the French Pyrenees.
Tom Doherty, from St Albans, was last heard from on Tuesday when he sent a message telling his family he had fallen and couldn't move.French authorities recovered his car but abandoned the hunt after 5 days, saying his phone data couldn't locate him in the steep terrain.He sent two WhatsApp messages telling his family ‘help’ and ‘I’ve fallen and cannot move’ - after thick cloud rolled in over the French mountains.His wife said: “We panicked.
Read more: UK has 'lost respect for the police', says Home SecretaryRead more: UK braces for hottest day of the year so far - as weather warnings issued by Met Office for thunderstorms“But in the afternoon with the fog, we lost confidence, especially for a 67-year-old man spending a second night alone in these conditions.”He had been hiking in the Ariège region near France’s border with Spain and Andorra, where there have been thunderstorms in recent days.
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