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Missing Maui hiker Amanda Eller holds presser

By Craig T. Kojima

May 28, 2019

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Amanda Eller, the yoga instructor who was rescued after missing for more than two weeks in a Maui forest, said on Tuesday that it was a "miracle" that rescuers spotted her last week.
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Amanda Eller holds press conference on Tuesday at Maui Memorial Hospital. Next to Eller is her mother, Julia.
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Sitting with Amanda Eller at Tuesday's press conference are her parents, Julia and John, her sister, Alicia, and brother, Chris.
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Amanda Eller talks to reporters at a press conference at Maui Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. In back is her father, John.
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Amanda Eller talks to reporters at a press conference at Maui Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. At right is her mother, Julia.
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Amanda Eller describes how she first saw the rescue helicopter during a press conference at Maui Memorial Hospital on Tuesday.
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Amanda Eller is wheeled out of Maui Maui Memorial Hospital by security guard, Arman Molina, before the press conference on Tuesday. Her mother, Julia, carries her crutches.
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At Tuesday's press conference, Amanda Eller sits between her sister, Alicia, left, and mother, Julia. In back, her father, John, left, and brother, Chris.
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Amanda Eller said she survived on strawberry guava, plants and stream water in the Maui wilderness for 17 days. She said her ordeal was ultimately a spiritual journey that was her path and destiny.
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