The California runner who was lost in a forest for three days without water had barely a few hours to go before she would have died , her doctor said Thursday . Maria ` ` Gina '' Natero - Armento , 36 , had no food or water for days . She and her female companion , they got lost in the Black Forest . She was found in a forest Wednesday by a rescue helicopter .
Maria ` ` Gina '' Natero - Armento , 36 , had no food or water for days . She and her female companion , they got lost in the Black Forest . She was found in a forest Wednesday by a rescue helicopter .