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The rescue of Loren Dederick

The Collier County Sheriff's office cleared a path through the brush just north Vanderbilt Beach Road to remove Loren Dederick, 88, after he was found alive Wednesday morning around 9:30 near the intersection of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Airport Pulling Road.

Photo by JAKOB SCHILLER, Daily News

The Collier County Sheriff's office cleared a path through the brush just north Vanderbilt Beach Road to remove Loren Dederick, 88, after he was found alive Wednesday morning around 9:30 near the intersection of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Airport Pulling Road.

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  • Lauren Casey speaks with reporters outside NCH Naples Downtown Hospital after Casey's grandfather Loren Dederick, 88, was found alive on Wednesday morning by a Collier County Sheriff's deputy. Dederick was transported to NCH Naples Downtown Hospital where he was reported to be in good condition.
  • (Left to right) Tara DesJardins, Donna Ward, and Lauren Casey, hold a press conference outside NCH Naples Downtown Hospital after Ward's father and Casey's grandfather Loren Dederick, 88, was found alive on Wednesday morning by a Collier County Sheriff's deputy. Dederick was transported to NCH Naples Downtown Hospital where he was reported to be in good condition.
  • The Collier County Sheriff's office cleared a path through the brush just north Vanderbilt Beach Road to remove Loren Dederick, 88, after he was found alive Wednesday morning around 9:30 near the intersection of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Airport Pulling Road.
  • Theresa Bingham, left, with the Collier County Sheriff Office's crime scene bureau, and Sgt. Dave Estes, with the Collier County Sheriff Office's agriculture bureau, examine evidence from the location where Loren Dederick, 88, was found alive Wednesday morning. Dederick had been missing from a North Naples assisted living facility since Friday night.
  • Theresa Bingham, left, with the Collier County Sheriff Office's crime scene bureau, and Sgt. Dave Estes, with the Collier County Sheriff Office's agriculture bureau, gather evidence from where Loren Dederick, 88, was found alive Wednesday morning. Dederick had been missing from a North Naples assisted living facility since Friday night.
  • Cpl. Jack Hazel, a member of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office agriculture bureau, explains where he found Loren Dederick, 88, on Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m. Hazel was patrolling the North side of Vanderbilt Beach Road just east of Airport Pulling Road when he saw Dederick laying in the brush about 30 feet north of the road.
  • Collier County undersheriff Kevin Rambosk, center, holds a press conference across Vanderbilt Beach Drive from where Loren Dederick, 88, was found in the bush lying down around 9:30 Wednesday morning. Dederick had been missing from a North Naples assisted living facility since Friday night. After being found, Dederick was taken to NCH Naples Downtown Hospital.

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