La Vau’s blue Toyota Corolla is seen crushed in a ravine. Authorities say they believe the silver car, which was found with a man’s body inside, had plummeted off the cliff a few days before La Vau. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A Los Angeles County coroner investigates the fatal crash along Lake Hughes Road in the Angeles National Forest. David La Vau was rescued six days after his car went off a cliff. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
California Highway Patrol investigators tend to the scene where two vehicles crashed separately. La Vau was rescued by his family after they coordinated a search team. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Authorities on the scene. David La Vau was convinced he was going to die and wrote on the dusty trunk of his car: I love my kids. Dead man was not my fault. Love, Dad. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
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Chardonnay Hooker talks about her father, David La Vau, who was in stable condition at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. He was found with a dislocated shoulder and a few broken bones. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Emergency room doctor Garrett Sutter treated La Vau. Doctors were amazed by how well the 67-year-old father of six was doing after his 200-foot fall off a cliff. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)