U. S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector assisted in rescuing an 88-year old man from  Montana that became lost in the desert near Wellton , Arizona.

Department of Defense personnel were operating in the area when they came across the man who appeared lost and disoriented. Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents responded to the area and provided medical assistance to the man and then take him to a safe area where emergency medical personnel were able to transport him to the hospital for evaluation.