Police in Australia said Monday that they had found a 3-year-old boy alive and well after he vanished for three days in the bush on his parents’ rural property in New South Wales.
Dramatic video posted to Twitter by New South Wales police shows the boy apparently splashing in and drinking from a stream as rescue crews hover above.
Police said in a statement that the boy, identified as Anthony “AJ” Elfalak, was reported missing Friday after he disappeared from his parents’ rural property in the Hunter region of New South Wales.
Authorities on trail bikes, canine officers, divers and air rescue units searched from Friday through Monday. At midday Monday in Australia, an air search team found AJ on a creek bank less than 550 yards from his home.
AJ was kneeling in the creek when a State Emergency Service officer reached him and placed a hand on his shoulder, State Emergency Service Chief Inspector Simon Merrick said.
The officer “stated that he turned towards him with a massive smile on his face that he will not forget,” Merrick said.
He was in good condition and was taken to a hospital for observation, ambulance officers said.
His father, Anthony Elfalak, said AJ had been bitten by ants and that he had a diaper rash and had suffered abrasions.
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