Local crews rescued Andrew Giddens, 36, near a borrow pit after he faced freezing weather without food or water
A Florida man who had been missing since Valentine’s Day was found over a week later trapped in mud up to his shoulders, authorities said.
Andrew Giddens, 36, had reportedly gone several days without food or water by then, and officials ultimately rescued him in dramatic fashion to end his nightmarish ordeal.
Deputy Derrick Holmes of the sheriff’s office in Florida’s Putnam county spotted Giddens’ abandoned car on 23 February relatively close to a sand plant belonging to Vulcan Materials Company, the agency wrote in a Facebook post.
The sheriff’s office said Holmes recognized the car and Giddens’ name, which was on the vehicle’s registration from having encountered him during a 2023 trespassing reported at another Vulcan Materials site.
