Connie Olczak has spoken for the first time since being reunited with her daughter Cassie, who disappeared from Sydney’s south five days ago.
Police located the missing 16-year-old this morning, after she was spotted by a motorist near Waterfall train station about 9am.
She told her rescuers, “I’m so sorry… and I’m really hungry”, according to The Daily Mail.
“I want to thank all the SES, the police, detectives, everyone, the media that got the coverage out there to get her home,” Connie Olczak told a press conference this afternoon.
“It’s just a miracle. I’m just grateful they’ve found her.”
Cassie is currently being treated for exposure by medical staff.

Cassie Olczak, 16. Image: NSW Police.
Police are yet to talk to the teen about how she survived, or exactly what she's been doing since she vanished from Banksia train station in the city's south on Sunday evening.