Celebrity sightings are to be expected in Los Angeles, but not by a search and rescue crew scouring the San Gabriel Mountains for a missing hiker.
San Dima’s Mountain Rescue team encountered earlier “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno shortly before finding 78-year-old hiker Ki Soo Yang, who had been missing for 30 hours after becoming separated from a group climbing Mount Waterman on Saturday afternoon.
Someone saw Yang’s missing person flyer and found the hiker between Mount Waterman and Twin Peaks. The individual contacted authorities and Yang was transported to a local hospital Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release.
Yang, who was described as “very fit,” was in “good health but dehydrated” after spending more than a day in the Angeles National Forest, the department said in a social media post. He was reunited with his family.
“We are extremely grateful to everyone involved in the search, especially the Good Samaritan whose quick thinking and action played a critical role in this rescue,” according to the Sheriff’s Department post. “This result is a powerful reminder of how important our expedition members are to helping us achieve successful missions.”
While searching for Yang, the San Dimas crew ran into Leno at Newcomb’s Ranch, according to the social media post. Leno and his friends had not seen Yang but were “grateful” for the rescue team’s efforts and posed for a group photo.