Nineteen-year-old Darcy Deefholts went out surfing on the afternoon of July 9 at Wooli Beach in New South Wales, Australia. When he failed to come home that night, his parents raised the alarm, calling the police to report the young man missing. Authorities immediately launched a large search-and-rescue effort.

A 19-year-old surfer was found alive on a remote island off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, after going missing the day before.

An 80-year-old man who was missing for five days was found alive in a wooded area in Gaithersburg, following an extensive search.

An 80-year-old man missing for five days was found alive in a wooded area near Green Farm Conservation Park, Montgomery County officials

HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. - Authorities found a Mid-South man alive nearly 24 hours after he went searching for his missing dog. Haywood County Sheriff Billy Garrett said Steven Roper's wife dropped him off in the Big Eddy area around 10 a.m. on July 7 so that he could look for his dog, Baxter.

Darcy Deefholts, a 19-year-old surfer, was found alive on North Solitary Island off the northern coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Missing teen surfer ‘miraculously’ found alive on remote Australian islandSource: Various

Australian surfer Darcy Deefholts vanished after leaving his home to go surfing before he was found nearly a day later