Couple reunited after wife spots missing husband on KSL News segment

[@Jen-jo5qu]

What an absolute miracle!! Amazing!

[@WowJustWow37]

He had himself an adventure and then the angels said, ok time to be found! Amazing!

[@fawnjenkins7266]

Having had a relative in that age range with dementia, it is so scary to imagine him missing. The fear, worry, and heartache. This time of year it could be deadly. God bless all those earthly angels who made sure Michael was warm and fed. It is a miracle that Avril looked and saw him on the news. I thank God for that. ❤

[@cocosurgerow]

He sure looked content being with the guys, enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.

[@shanestewart9232]

Thanks KSL. THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT MY LOCAL NEWS. THANK YOU.

[@a_ghost]

I am in the hometown of this couple and the local news here ran NOTHING on him being missing, or that he was found. Our local news only runs sport stories apparently.

[@joannewhite877]

What a blessing

[@MichelleJones-p4e]

Tears!! What an amazing modern day miracle. Happy Thanksgiving indeed!

[@Dirty17366]

That was a GREAT story 😊

[@mindysuarez1699]

❤Godbless this family and everyone who saved him

[@theresajerger3335]

These volunteers think they’re just feeding hungry people, but they’re also feeding hope! God bless them all. ❤️

[@barbiejimenezmojica40]

Thank you for your service ❤🙏🏽

[@averageamericangirl6819]

Michael was out there living his best life😂

[@bigmamassoul8323]

That's a blessing, especially in today's society, for him to safely make it that far hitchhiking 😊🙏🙏🙏💗💯

[@karenneill9109]

Who is picking up 91 year old hitchhikers with dementia and not reporting it!?!

[@someoneyoudontknow7705]

@@karenneill9109 When he gets picked up does he say “Hi, I’m hitchhiking and I have dementia!”? Or does he wear a sign alerting others of his dementia?

[@russellstewart5414]

@@someoneyoudontknow7705sometimes it’s very obvious, and was there a multi state alert put out , much like an Amber alert. But they tracked him to SLC and they should have been checking shelters

[@karenneill9109]

@ Somebody with advanced dementia becomes pretty obvious in the first few minutes of talking to them. Spend an hour in the car, and I can’t imagine you’d miss it!

[@art3mis290]

God bless him, the family and everyone else involved in this rescue!

[@a_ghost]

This was actually local to me. We received NO silver alert. NO missing persons alert. NO local story ran in our paper. Nothing! Very concerning.

[@waynek3366]

The odds wow. Great story he will be home for Christmas.

[@criticalcrab1125]

awesome story!!!!

[@shawniehoward]

Michael was warm, amongst others and eating good. Glad she found her husband.

[@arthurcharlesstewart4617]

Thank God or the "Universe". Im 91 ,my beloved Mrs 87. We blessedly still physically n mentally sound. But at our age,,, min any of our friends going thru similar situations. 😊

[@cmbOz7]

@@arthurcharlesstewart4617 🙏💜

[@harley6222]

💕💕💕

[@Okey-dokeyoo7-w7h]

Happy next anniversary y’all 🎉

[@adopt_a_dog]

May you stay that way until the minute you die! Bless you both.

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

Wow, this is amazing. What I’m wondering is why no one who gave him a ride questioned what a 91 year old man was doing hitchhiking. He had to have shown signs of dementia. This will probably be a Hallmark movie next year.

[@wintergreentheme]

100%...it's the first thing that came to mind. Even cops usally check up on stuff like that too...odd

[@sugarmuffin319]

My dad was in the Navy seal. He now has dementia. He can Boot and rally like nobody's business you'd never know

[@KAlovesherkitties]

@@grumpyoldlady_rants I’m guessing they just thought he was homeless

[@RenataMitchell-u6b]

I’m so glad he was safe and his family got him back 🙏🏾❤️

[@redwoods7370]

HITCHHIKING?! Holy moly!

[@adopt_a_dog]

IKR?

[@Okey-dokeyoo7-w7h]

Thank you God this is a beautiful miracle 🙏

[@OfFiCiAl_CaRgO]

WOWWW 🙏

[@JackieScoggins]

Hello from Chattanooga Tennessee. That's so awesome 👍😎. Happy Holidays ⛄.😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@kurtfosberg4457]

Good job to whoever got him the Klim jacket.

[@tamelatoggle2897]

Imaging how lucky they are to have dodged 100 ways it could have gone wrong . Happy for their reunion .

[@Mikehunthertz51]

My cousin was married to a guy who was related to the governor of idaho his brother had dementia and got in his truck and drove up in the mountains when he was found it wasn't a happy outcome. I love a happy ending ❤❤ ❤ I'm so happy they're reunited ❤❤

[@quinlanhart4308]

Love this

[@aprilbornmay]

Im cryin

[@cathyrevels1410]

Glory ❤

[@barbm8822]

Time for a gps tracker

[@kathycooper7872]

Yup air tag

[@marionm5311]

Answered Prayer❤😊

[@vickieguthrie8483]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️from Texas! Wonderful reporting!

[@Meant2BVegans]

Miracle - So Happy

[@timkelly7911]

Thank you. We all need feel good each day

[@Ddccpp2152]

Amazing story! ❤❤❤

[@PeggyHall-x2f]

OMG. THANK GOD FOR THIS. Alzheimer's is so cruel. 🕊️🙏🕊️

[@brotherjohnwaynecausey]

PRAISE GOD FOR THAT

[@lizharley5723]

I have to assume that he didn't have any identification on him otherwise police would know that he was missing. And he obviously didn't know his name or phone number and address. It's an incredible story.

[@danielfiore8865]

Poor guy escaped and the news dry snitched him out...

[@shegoeslightly]

😂😂😂😂

[@bebelangford3039]

also my first thought....

[@PuffKitty]

Now there's a story for their family lore 😊

[@thames308]

This story really gives me faith that Americans really do look out for oneanother.

[@kellysong2256]

Clearly, God wanted him to be found by his family 🙏🙏

[@elizabethhennessey6437]

Now THAT is a Miracle!

[@karlasoraya2175]

Thanksgiving Miracle 🙏🏻

[@watjejanssen7535]

amazing story with happy ending

[@pamelasmith514]

This is how God works.

[@annamarielewis7078]

Wonderful.

[@WakkasLove]

Thank You, Father, for Your grace and mercy. So happy for this reunion. Praise Lord Jesus for His goodness!

[@yt650]

It might not be a bad idea to find a way of putting an AirTag on someone, I don’t know how you would do that but technology is unbelievable so get on it and this app applies to everybody who has a person diagnosed with dementia.

[@MsFitz134]

There are several technologies that offer this type of thing, tracking bracelets, tags to attach to clothes, etc. The problem is that the person has to keep it on, you can't force a human to be tracked like a chipped pet. Folks with Alzheimer's forget why they're wearing it, get paranoid that someone is tracking them, and take it off. I had a friend with an autistic kid who kept running away, they tried all the tracking devices but the kid would always take them off.

[@thaddeauscaldwell7101]

Need to get him a tracking device for Christmas.

[@lucystrider728]

Homes with 'wanderers' probably need to add key locks to the inside of exterior doors and the inside of backyard gates for safety. They sell front door sets that have a key deadbolt instead of a turn-lock. Not as handy, but much safer for both those with dementia and toddlers who can be creative moving the sofa to the front door to reach the turn lock and escaping while you are on the toilet. I am so happy for Michael and his wife that he is safe, and grateful for the kind people who helped.

[@GoodWillPrevail]

Amazing miracle! Just before Christmas. Thank you, Lord!

[@audrab27]

This might be horrible but she couldn't sew in an apple tracker somewhere

[@dw3403]

Nothing horrible about that. But he could leave a coat behind.

[@anrag86]

You know, that is a great point. It seems so intuitive for our generation but Avril and Larry are 77 and 91. Avril told me she just upgraded her flip phone for a smartphone. From her text messages, I think she has an iPhone. We tried to do a Zoom call but it was too tricky for her since she doesn't even have Facebook (as she explained to me). I was impressed with her texting skills and thought she did a great job taking pictures and sending them, so I wouldn't be surprised if she's fully immersed in the tech world sooner than we think.

[@lalapopp73]

Hahah…Brilliant idea. 💡 Thank God he’s ok, but this old chap was on an adventure of a life time. 😂

[@NicoleDaring]

What an outcome! Random observation though .. if the couple lives in Wyoming, I wonder why the wife happened to turn on the KSL News.. if that’s a Utah station?.. Not that it matters, just that it’s crazy how that aligned for her to see. Glad she found him!

[@rodfreess6019]

Believe it or not, broadcast TV signals don't stop at the boarder wall between states.

[@anrag86]

Agreed... I think rural areas in Wyoming, Idaho and I think even parts of Nevada get our KSL signal.

[@bbb-v5t]

@@rodfreess6019believe it or not, the earth is round and most television signals will be blocked after about 70 miles due to that curve.

[@dorcasia109]

@@NicoleDaring in rural areas you get the nearest big city. Growing up in rural Montana, they sent us the Denver station's news broadcasts on our dish!

[@audraarndt1824]

Tracker....❤❤❤❤

[@YourTransmissionRepair]

Another home run news story by Garna Mejia!!! Larry in Draper

[@marlaroberts2087]

🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲! Praise the Lord for a wonderful ending! Blessings to all who took care and looked out for this man!

[@familylove5412]

WOWWWW

[@blue_moon6490]

God is good! ✨❤️✨🙏

[@mmdiane]

It's great he's home, but it's beyond disturbing not ONE person he interacted with in his 200 miles of travel noticed he had dementia. How sad he went unnoticed for that long. Dementia is very easy to spot once you begin talking with someone and start asking them questions. If you're not sure someone might be suffering with dementia and lost, just call police to do a wellness check.

[@lindamp9905]

Beautiful ending

[@GtrPknMama]

✨What a Thanksgiving Blessing ✨ 💕✨🙏✨💕

[@casesimmons2645]

God bless him

[@poonamshah6507]

🙏🏽

[@AAG981]

Uncle was enjoying some freedom 😂

[@tractor629]

He almost escaped!!

[@05Rm250RideAlong]

Little road trip his soul needed

[@David-ki2dl]

How many people picked him up hitching and didn't notice that something was wrong ?

[@sherise_2020]

Love happy endings❤

[@kimyoung3484]

❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MM-ci2cv]

glad they found the old boy....wonder what regt he served in Korea with?

[@DineshMandal-kd9jp]

❤❤❤

[@BaverlyDelgado]

That's so cool. ❤❤❤❤❤GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸 🙏

[@Neon-y1c]

EZEKIEL 39:8. DANIEL 10:14. LUKE 22:35-38. EZEKIEL 39:4. MATTHEW 24:7. MARK 13:8. LUKE 21:10. EZEKIEL 39:4. EZEKIEL 39:8. KAHLA 4:12. JEFANIAH 1:12. EZEKIEL 32:3-8. EZEKIEL 32:7-8. EZEKIEL 39:8.

[@karronlaneNOLA]

yes. great story. yay humans!!

[@T-S-s160]

That looks like a very very long walk.. how many miles?

[@diane5593]

But why did he want to leave ,hitchhike so far?will he do it again?!

[@janepearson5802]

Dementia

[@fredmccoy40]

God is Great

[@glynislailann9056]

I think, what would help is that the wife should make him wear a lanyard with a tag stating his address & next of kin details so that he doesn't get lost again.

[@annazaman9657]

Where's the sound?

[@someoneyoudontknow7705]

Check your volume

[@homeroraymundo5188]

He was trying to escape

[@sandyc6569]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@EricUnderwood-v2x]

Long Distance relationships are hard to keep secret! Just kidding...poor guy! Poor lady...oh gosh! THERE HE IS... kissing on a kitchen worker! LoL

[@edolinaoconnor4365]

How was he able to walk away!

[@specialk.cooper123]

Thank you dear Jesus for covering this man. God was in this every step of the way with all involved. So thankful he's back with his wife and family. God Bless all involved ❤️. He is so precious.

[@margaretlee-reed814]

❤

[@lynncollver6067]

Thank You Jesus Christ for miracles like this 🙏

[@masada2828]

He needs to wear a bracelet or a tracker.

[@thomasthorpe7630]

Thank goodness is blasphemy against God.

[@MsFitz134]

In the area where this story is from, the predominant faith group (which also owns this news channel) believes that the phrase "Thank God" is blasphemous and in violation of the commandment to never use the Lord's name in vain. In the cultural context of Utah, "thank goodness" indicates respect for God and those who believe in God. "Thank God" (even if used in the actual context of thanking God) is a cultural taboo that will offend most religious people.

[@mmac8379]

praise the lord.

[@jeannietimberger2556]

The wife wasn't wifing 🤦

[@someoneyoudontknow7705]

Actually, sounds like she was. Also, she’s his wife, not his mother or babysitter.

[@jeannietimberger2556]

@someoneyoudontknow7705 he was 91 with dementia what are you even talking about? If you are married I feel sorry for your spouse. You're supposed to look out for each other. 🤦

[@Ali08]

This clip doesn't show the full story to say she wasn't "wifing."

[@BLACKONCODE2024]

🫶🏽

[@mizzmia4407]

Lol wow

[@carlajo6074]

Finally! A feel good story to hold on to. 🫶🏼