Donn Fendler, Boy Scout lost and then found in the mountains, dies at 90

Mr. Fendler, his feet still bandaged, is honored in 1939 in Rye, N.Y., upon his return from his ordeal on Mount Katahdin. Donn Fendler, a Boy Scout who lost his way during a mountain trek in Maine in 1939, embarking on a nine-day survival story that transfixed the nation and inspired generations with its themes of self-reliance and intrepidity, died Oct. 10 at a hospital in Bangor, Maine.
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