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<a class="fancybox" rel="c6b08ab695c80f36195ee8dc34c7f2c3" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/053/636/for_gallery_v2/ca177d76.png"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/053/636/large_v3/ca177d76.png" alt="Ca177d76" /></a></div></div>From: WUSA9<br /><br />SPRINGDALE, Md. (WUSA9) -- A man reported missing a week ago has been found alive after being trapped under a tree less than a block away from his home.<br /><br />Larry Shadday, 66, was reported missing on July 20 from a veteran's home along Ardwick-Ardmore Road in Springdale, Maryland.<br /><br />At around 1 a.m. on July 20, Shadday, who lives in a house with five other Vietnam War veterans, told his roommate he had trouble sleeping and went out for a walk.<br /><br />The next morning when Shadday didn't return, his roommate called the owner of the house they lived in, worried for Shaddy's safety.<br /><br />"The first thing we said to him is you should have called us at one o'clock in the morning because that was very unusual for Larry to go for a walk at one o'clock," Imelda Clarke of Imelda's Elderly Care said.<br /><br />Clarke called police, and for a week they searched high and low for the 66-year old with chronic health problems.<br /><br />"As the days went by we became less and less hopeful," Clarke said.<br /><br />And then Monday afternoon, a pedestrian noticed a man trapped beneath a tree in the 9000 block of Ardwick-Ardmore Road and called for help.<br /><br />"We arrived on location and found the man, late 60's, who apparently had fallen or slid down this embankment and underneath a tree that had already fallen," Mark Brady, Prince George's County Fire and Rescue spokesman said.<br /><br />But Shadday was wedged too tightly to free himself. It took firefighters and the jaws of life to pull him out.<br /><br />"So I'm glad we found him today. I don't know how much longer he would have lasted out here in the elements," Brady said.<br /><br />Impossibly bad luck; but when the improbable happy ending came; the good news didn't have to travel far.<br /><br />"The first two words that came out of my mouth were 'thank God.' And – is he alive? Yes. We were very happy. And also stunned," Clarke said.<br /><br />Clarke credited Shadday's survival to his military training. He emerged from the woods Monday with only minor injuries and severe dehydration from seven days trapped in the woods.<br /><br />Investigators hope to learn more about how Shadday survived for so long without food or water, but so far he's still been too disoriented to tell them much.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/07/27/officials-rescue-man-trapped-under-tree-limb-in-prince-georges-co/30744627/">http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/07/27/officials-rescue-man-trapped-under-tree-limb-in-prince-georges-co/30744627/</a>Vietnam Veteran Found Trapped Under Tree2015-07-29T09:53:03-04:00RallyPoint Shared Content852280<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-53636"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="03320eae25ca57cb4c37f713c2570aeb" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/053/636/for_gallery_v2/ca177d76.png"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/053/636/large_v3/ca177d76.png" alt="Ca177d76" /></a></div></div>From: WUSA9<br /><br />SPRINGDALE, Md. (WUSA9) -- A man reported missing a week ago has been found alive after being trapped under a tree less than a block away from his home.<br /><br />Larry Shadday, 66, was reported missing on July 20 from a veteran's home along Ardwick-Ardmore Road in Springdale, Maryland.<br /><br />At around 1 a.m. on July 20, Shadday, who lives in a house with five other Vietnam War veterans, told his roommate he had trouble sleeping and went out for a walk.<br /><br />The next morning when Shadday didn't return, his roommate called the owner of the house they lived in, worried for Shaddy's safety.<br /><br />"The first thing we said to him is you should have called us at one o'clock in the morning because that was very unusual for Larry to go for a walk at one o'clock," Imelda Clarke of Imelda's Elderly Care said.<br /><br />Clarke called police, and for a week they searched high and low for the 66-year old with chronic health problems.<br /><br />"As the days went by we became less and less hopeful," Clarke said.<br /><br />And then Monday afternoon, a pedestrian noticed a man trapped beneath a tree in the 9000 block of Ardwick-Ardmore Road and called for help.<br /><br />"We arrived on location and found the man, late 60's, who apparently had fallen or slid down this embankment and underneath a tree that had already fallen," Mark Brady, Prince George's County Fire and Rescue spokesman said.<br /><br />But Shadday was wedged too tightly to free himself. It took firefighters and the jaws of life to pull him out.<br /><br />"So I'm glad we found him today. I don't know how much longer he would have lasted out here in the elements," Brady said.<br /><br />Impossibly bad luck; but when the improbable happy ending came; the good news didn't have to travel far.<br /><br />"The first two words that came out of my mouth were 'thank God.' And – is he alive? Yes. We were very happy. And also stunned," Clarke said.<br /><br />Clarke credited Shadday's survival to his military training. He emerged from the woods Monday with only minor injuries and severe dehydration from seven days trapped in the woods.<br /><br />Investigators hope to learn more about how Shadday survived for so long without food or water, but so far he's still been too disoriented to tell them much.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/07/27/officials-rescue-man-trapped-under-tree-limb-in-prince-georges-co/30744627/">http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/07/27/officials-rescue-man-trapped-under-tree-limb-in-prince-georges-co/30744627/</a>Vietnam Veteran Found Trapped Under Tree2015-07-29T09:53:03-04:002015-07-29T09:53:03-04:00CW3 Private RallyPoint Member852302<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Amazing story of survival, surprised he was not found sooner being so close to home.Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 29 at 2015 10:02 AM2015-07-29T10:02:40-04:002015-07-29T10:02:40-04:00LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow852699<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank God he was found... Yet another reason all senior citizens should carry "I've fallen and can't get up" buttons... A block away from the house, it would have triggered the transmitter box in the house...Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Jul 29 at 2015 1:07 PM2015-07-29T13:07:16-04:002015-07-29T13:07:16-04:00MSG D. Layne-Sheffield855277<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Awesome! I'm glad that he was found and survived with minor injuries.Response by MSG D. Layne-Sheffield made Jul 30 at 2015 2:28 PM2015-07-30T14:28:35-04:002015-07-30T14:28:35-04:00Cpl Lawrence Lavictoire1140881<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>God didn't find him. He knew where he was all the time. Maybe a test in his faith. Shadday was blessed!Response by Cpl Lawrence Lavictoire made Nov 30 at 2015 5:08 PM2015-11-30T17:08:10-05:002015-11-30T17:08:10-05:002015-07-29T09:53:03-04:00