Rescued : Florida Girl Ate Plants To Survive In Swamp

Eleven-year-old Nadia Bloom missed her family, slept in an itchy bush and searched for water and food among the plants before she was rescuded after four nights lost in the swampy woods near her Florida home.
She said she's recovered from most of her bug bites from her ordeal, "but it's still itchy," she said during an appearance on NBC's "TODAY" show this morning with her parents, Jeff and Tayna Bloom.
Nadia went on a nature walk near her Winter Springs, Fla. , home and didn't return, touching off an intense search over 3,000 acres for the fifth grader wno has Asperger's syndrome, an autism-related disorder. She spent four nights in the snake- and alligator-filled swampy woods before she was found in good shape about a mile from by a man who used to attend her church.
Nadia, realize she was lost after about an hour and immediately got scared, she said in an interview. The first night was the hardest, she said, because "I missed my family." I tried to think someone would rescue me, but I had to sleepin this bush, which was itchy.
Nadia didn't get much sleep and didn't have any food, though she found some sustenance among the plants.
On the first two days, she said , she found some plants to eat."They were spongy kind of, and had water in them and you could eat them," "They were kind of like food."
Jell Bloom said his daughter's first night was the most difficult. "That's especially when it was the hardest - when it gets dark and you just don't know if she's crying, scared or what condition she's in," he said on the "TODAY" show. "It's a terrible feeling feeling."
James King, who used to attend the Bloom's church, set out on his own in the thick woods to search for Nadia, calling out her name.
Nadia said she was thrilled to hear King's voice. "I've never been so excited in my Life," she said. "Then I knew I was finally get found and finally going to be out of these woods."
The Blooms was ecstatic when they heard Nadia had been found. "It was like all the darkness flowed out and sunshine came just rushing in," Jell Bloom said. Tayna Bloom said Nadia knows she's she's not supposed to go out without a grown-up."She's not going to do it again _ she's assured us."
My take on this rescure story : What a wonderful and happy ending to a very scary story...we wish The Blooms many happy years with their sweet and very brave child. A lot of mature people would have lost their heads, but Nadia is a survivor....many kudos to you sweetie from the two (2) PIC's.