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'We weren't meant to die' [VIDEO], One of the two hikers rescued from the Cleveland National Forest said Sunday that he was in and out of consciousness while stuck in a rugged Orange County canyon.
"The last thing I could tell you was going into a lucid dream," said 19-year-old Nicolas Cendoya. "I can't even tell you when I woke up. I was in lucid dreams and hallucinations for days."
Cendoya was released from Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo in Sunday.
"I could see the helicopters flying over me every day," Cendoya said. "When the firefighters came up to me, I couldn't even believe it."
"We weren't meant to die," he said.
Cendoya and Kyndall Jack, 18, were saved last week after getting lost and separated during a hike in the Trabuco Canyon area.
Jack, who was rescued a day after Cendoya, has since messaged Cendoya, thanking him for helping the pair survive.
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