By, Greg Botelho and Casey Wian (CNN)
Days after being rescued in the Idaho wilderness when an FBI agent shot her abductor dead, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson attended a fundraiser Thursday for her and her family near their Southern California home.
The teenager could be seen entering the Boll Weevil restaurant in Lakeside, a community of about 20,000 people located 20 miles northeast of San Diego.
Hannah didn’t speak publicly before entering the building, though her father later did talk to reporters. The media were invited to the fundraiser at the family-friendly restaurant but were not allowed inside.
“This is a small community that we are a part of, and the community came together putting on this great fundraiser for Hannah and hopefully for her future and healing,” Brett Anderson said, before he thanked local residents, family and friends, the media and law enforcement. “This is how Lakeside rolls.”
Hannah went missing after cheerleading practice in San Diego County, California, on August 3.
The next day, the bodies of her mother, 42-year-old Christina Anderson, and 8-year-old brother, Ethan, were found about 45 miles east in the burned Boulevard house of James DiMaggio, who had been considered a friend of the Anderson family.
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