Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
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4%
1 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Crime & Law
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A 17-year-old boy has been found alive after going missing for six days while camping in dense bushland in Victoria’s east.
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boy → find → east
William, whose surname has not been publicly disclosed, disappeared on 6 November while camping with a friend near Walhalla East, about 180km east of Melbourne.
He had left his phone, food and water at the campsite, prompting a major search involving more than 100 people, police divers, sniffer dogs and helicopters.
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He → disclose → people
Victoria Police said in a statement that “the 17-year-old was with a friend when he was last seen in the vicinity of Stoney Creek Road, between Cowwarr and Walhalla, near T2 Track on Friday 6 November about 4pm”.
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he → say → pm
William was dropped off by his mother “for the purposes of camping for the weekend when he walked a short distance to the drop-off location to retrieve further camping equipment”.
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he → drop → equipment
“When he failed to return shortly after, his friend searched the area but found no trace of Will.”
A police helicopter spotted his fishing tackle box about 2km north-east of Stoney Creek on Wednesday morning.
“Air Wing were conducting an aerial search of the Cowwarr area when they spotted a tacklebox in bushland around 2km east from Stoney Creek,” the police said.
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police → fail → Creek
Officers winched him to safety and reunited him with his mother.
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Officers → winch → mother
He was found fit and healthy with “only a few scratches”, his mother said.
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mother → find → scratches
William was taken to a hospital for monitoring.
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William → take → monitoring
“Amazingly, William is in good spirits and for the most part, in good health,” the Victoria Police said in a statement.
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Police → say → statement
His mother Elizabeth said she had never lost hope of finding him alive.
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she → say → him
“He’s doing fine.
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He → do → ?
Everything seems to be fine.
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Everything → seem → ?
He’s in perfect health,” she said.
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she → ’ → health
“He just stayed in one spot and waited to be rescued and I’m just over the moon he’s alive.”
“He’s never leaving the house again.
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He → stay → house
He’s grounded for life.”
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He → ground → life
His mother added that she “knew in my heart he was still alive.”
“I could feel it.
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I → add → it
I knew he wasn’t gone.
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he → know → ?
Thank God he’s such [a] fit person.
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he → thank → God
You see these stories on TV and you don’t think it can happen to you, but
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it → see → you
when you do and you find them alive, it’s just …
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it → do → ?
I can’t describe the words.
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I → describe → words
I’m so happy, I can’t speak properly,” she said.
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she → ’m → ?
Police said they were yet to establish how he survived six days without food, water or adequate clothing.
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he → say → food
Victoria Police acting inspector Jason Benbow said: “The helicopter found him lying down, waving his arms at them.
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helicopter → act → them
We’re very happy to reunite Will with his mum.”
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We → ’re → mum
He added: “It doesn’t happen all the time.
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It → add → ?
I’m sure he’s got a story to tell us soon, which we’re very keen to hear.”
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we → ’m → which
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