A 23-year-old hiker whose disappearance sparked a nearly two-week-long land and air search of dense Australian wilderness has been found alive, authorities said Wednesday.

Emmarae was last seen in East Patchogue on Dec. 9 at 5 p.m., Suffolk County police told PEOPLE. Her father Frank previously told PIX 11 that the teenager had stepped out of her house to get something from the driveway and was taken from there.

A hiker who went missing for nearly two weeks in New South Wales, Australia has been found alive, having survived on foraged berries and two muesli bars. Medical student Hadi Nazari went missing on Boxing Day after he wandered off to take photos during a hike with his friends in Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains region.

A 23-year-old hiker has been found alive after almost two weeks missing in the Snowy mountains. The relief was clear to see on Hadi Nazari’s face as he was reunited with his worried friends. The massive search operation ended with Hadi being discovered by other hikers near blue lake in the Kosciuszko National Park.