The last word before the doctor disappears without a trace: “Help” | The World

Retired British doctor Tom Doherty, 67, disappeared this week while hiking in the French Pyrenees, a mountain range between France and Spain.

His family says they last heard from him on Tuesday, Aug. 6. During the afternoon, he sent a few photos showing the weather getting worse — and he swore a little.

The last message came after 7pm on Tuesday.

In one message, Doherty wrote “help” and explained that he had fallen and was unable to move. However, he misspelled the message, dropping the letter mi from the word “move” – ​​as if he was having difficulty writing.

After that it was quiet.

flew down immediately

French media Reports after the Doherty family informed the British police, Interpol and the British embassy. They also describe how the father of the family is being searched for by two helicopters, and is being searched on foot using search dogs, among other things.

The 67-year-old's wife, Anne Lyons, speaks French. France 3 Occitane She and her daughter immediately traveled to France to search for Tom. They arrived early Wednesday morning and found his car at a rest area in the mountains.

“We know he is camping somewhere in the area, but we don’t know exactly where,” Anne Lyon told France 3 Occitanie, adding that before he disappeared, other hikers had seen him near a parking lot in the area and that he was said to be tired, but wanted to continue hiking.

missing equipment

The wife also said that Tom Doherty often hikes in other parts of France, but he prefers hiking in the mountains.

– He didn't know the mountain very well and lacked the full equipment and materials needed. So he took the car to the mountains and didn't walk for more than a few hours before getting back in the car. But on this particular day, something must have happened, she told France 3 Occitanie.

Fog hampered the search for Tom Doherty, and as of Friday morning he had not yet been found.