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Rescued hiker released from hospital

Rescued hiker Kyndall Jack, 18, is wheeled to address the media during a news conference in front of UC Irvine Medical Center.

Rescued hiker Kyndall Jack, 18, is wheeled to address the media during a news conference in front of UC Irvine Medical Center.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

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Days after her dramatic rescue from a brush-covered ledge, Kyndall Jack -- the 18-year-old hiker who was missing for four days -- said memories of her time lost in the south Orange County hills are fleeting, with only recollections of hallucinations, fending off animals and crying when she and her parents reunited.”I honestly didn’t know I was missing,” she told reporters Monday outside UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, from which she said she is being released later in the day. “I didn’t know I was gone. I thought it was a dream.”
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Press conference

Rescued hiker Kyndall Jack, 18, sits in a wheelchair to address the media.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Talking to the media

Rescued hiker Kyndall Jack, 18, addresses the media. She showed reporters the scratches on her leg and her left hand, which she said she could not close because of injuries.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Injuries

Rescued hiker Kyndall Jack, 18, holds up her left hand while addressing the media.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Released from the hospital

Rescued hiker Kyndall Jack, 18, crosses the street in a wheelchair to address the media during a news conference in front of UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

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