When Missing Children Realize They've Been Rescued | Forensic Files

this girl went missing hours ago and was trapped down a well however miraculously
she survived and this man was able to rescue her but there are countless other examples of when missing children
realized they've been saved like when this child was found in the middle of the woods hey
bu or when this boy was saved from drowning after being ditched by his own father in the middle of a river scaming
it for a long Y and he was not listening let's first join this detective who's trying to figure out why this 2-year old
boy was found alone next to a busy road with no parents in sight see this little
guy little guy he was so close to the street there you go scary he's very friendly he's very Carefree no my
husband's been driving around he can't find anybody that and he was walking this way right
he was coming towards this way from that he's been watching him before we got here he first oh okay the young man on
the bike found the toddler playing right next to the road with his ball and stayed with him until more help arrived
those on the scene had tried to find anyone nearby that knew the boy but to no avail what's strange though is that
he didn't seem at all stressed or concerned in fact it looks as though he's just wandered straight out of his
house and onto the street did you see where he came from cuz I looked up cuz I was just playing basketball and I'm
pretty sure he came this way and he was coming down the street start looking around I was like there's a random child
standing in the middle of thead how old do you think he is like one no more than
two can you can you hold him in face him our way so we can snap a photo of him real quick say cheese
cheese going what's your name I don't know what's your name you like Batman it turns out his name is Matteo and after
sending a photo around the police department the officers are able to find the address he belongs to the issue is
the cops can't be sure if it's even safe for him to be there what sort of parent
would let their 2-year-olds wander off like this so the cop heads to the address himself to scout it out and he
simply couldn't have expected what he was met with you my door mhm is open yeah are
you missing a little boy no I'm not are you do you have a little boy wait we have him why is this him Mata is that
ma'am is this your son yes why okay my God I was sleep we were sleep he he got out he was in the road 40
Central I'm with Mom it turns out the mother had absolutely no idea that Mato was missing and actually just thought he
was sleeping in his room it's obvious that she cares about him though and it seems as though this was just an
innocent mistake so the cops decide to reunite this mother with her baby while also making sure that this will never
happen again how old's the kid that found him I'd say like 13 really good for him rela didn't know relax relax
relax relax look you're look you're okay my pot's okay where's he he's he's fine
you have potato get down happens okay we get it hey there he is all right look at that smile he's happy Bud
hey bud you're going to have to put another lock on that door no I usually lock the top all time cuz we can't we
can't undo that but you're going to have to get those adult proof things they put
on the doors yeah for the door knob for the door do you have is there with you it's all right is there is there a knob
on the inside door or is it a handle it's a it's just a knob okay you can buy you can buy the thing that goes around
the knob that will allow you to lock it but it won't allow him to I had about 400 of them at my
house I know my wife couldn't use them she be like open the door for me in the span of just 30 minutes Matteo was
reunited with his mother armed with some bulletproof parental advice from the officers but this next missing child
wasn't as fortunate and it took 3 years for him to be found holy crap is it him a little bit older but
yeah his parents were Beyond disbelief when they realized Connor Jack was even still alive he's an autistic teenager
who went missing in September of 2019 in California when he was just 16 and a search effort came up totally dry that
was until April of 2022 when a resident of Park City Utah called the cops to report a man sleeping outside a local
gas station due to the High Altitude the area rarely saw homeless people as it's
simply too cold so the cops investigated to make sure the men was safe you look like you're
shivering you cold you want to come sit in his car and warm up for a minute you can't have you
sitting in front of the door here all night as long as I'm not being taken anywhere no you're not being taken
anywhere just come sit in the car and warm up where's your shopping cart at got St you got stolen that's no
good okay you have a knife or a gun or anything like that bazooka goell okay these cops had actually been in contact
with the man multiple times over the last few days but were unable to get any information out of him and it's not hard
to imagine why take a look at the way he talks to the cops and how closed off he
seems to be despite how friendly and helpful the officers are what's where were you at when your shopping cart got
stolen I don't know what's that doesn't matter wa minut it this situation was just so strange and the cops decided to
take his fingerprints and do some investigating what they uncovered was an arrest warrant from Nevada from February
thickening the plot further but it turns out this arrest warrant would break the
story wide open as the cops were able to use the name listed to uncover a missing
person's poster and contact who they thought could be his parents without skipping a beat they drove from Idaho
Falls to Utah and this is is the interaction that followed the missing person photo that we located was this
yes and then the photo that came from Nevada for the arrest was this holy crap is it him a little bit older but
yeah and what stood out to me was the ears he looks pretty similar to this his hair is longer right now his beard a
little bit thicker my sweetheart's life oh my God can you go yeah I definitely will do my best to
bring [Music] him after a long 3 years living homeless on the cold streets of Park City Utah
Conor Jack was finally reunited with his family it's incredible to think that this kid survived alone for 3 years but
this next child was close to not making it if it wasn't for the help of man's best friend come on hey Budd
good boy a good boy this police canine was the only way that this 3-year-old boy was found after he wandered out of
his garden and into the woods of Dand Florida apparently he'd gone missing early in the morning and the police were
called at around 11:30 a.m. when the family was at a loss with how thick and hard to Traverse Floridian forests tend
to be the cops decided they'd bring midnight the sniffer doog with them to try and track down the boy after
providing him with a blanket covered with his scent midnight was quickly off in search of the
[Music] three-year-old hey are you on y can you stay here midnight had picked up the trail so
quick that he was practically dragging his Handler through the woods we also get a great view of the garden where the
boy went missing a trail that leads straight into the forest with no fences Gates or anything to stop a curious
toddler from Simply wandering [Music] off all right you're done [Music] hey after about 90 seconds of searching
though midnight seems to lose the scent but that's when the officer hears something from the
[Music] bushes I'm coming I'm coming I'm coming get him Bubba find the [Music] Bubba come here buddy come on I'm going
to take you home I'm going to take you home okay hey buddy banket come on hey buddy good job buddy good job midnight
good job Bubba after hours away from home the boy was finally found and all of it thanks to midnight and the
officers finally reuniting with his family kayen the mother of course was over the
moon to have her boy back in her arms and the K-9 midnight was of course rewarded with a little treat
the unfortunate truth is that this missing child was not an isolated incident according to the US Department
of Justice over 460,000 children are reported missing every year in the United States and many of these children
simply get lost in places they've never been just like the case we just witnessed with many children lacking
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a look at this case where a mother and her child accidentally crashed their car into a ditch and police were in a race
to help them both Escape before it was too late she's above water is the baby above water yeah baby baby's breathing a
mother and her child crashed in Flagler County Florida and had managed to drive into a ditch filled with water their car
was upside down and filling with water neither the mother or child were able to escape on their own so the race was on
to save them both hey can you hear us sh off it all right I got a female bleeding
heavily heavily heavily bleeding she's above water is the baby above water yeah baby baby's
breathing watch your eyes let's get the baby out I know we're coming ma'am all right we're going to
get your baby first all right we got a K in here and we got we this baby's head is
barely above water all right all right baby's under water no she barely above all right got the door you got a bus
yeah how about you step out I'll step in there I'll get the baby out for you and
hand you the baby all right all right I got the door hey sweetie are you with got a child is really not responding
she's above the water are you she respons she is yeah she is responding but she's uh saying she's pretty hurt
somebody there's the baby the baby was passed off to another member of the fire and rescue Department whose sole job was
to warm her up and ensure she's safe with how little she was responding the Panic wasn't over yet but most
importantly the mother's still in the car and she's bleeding profusely they need to get her out and get to the
hospital quickly or this kid might wake up alone hey is she breathing or she was
breathing give me a roof ladder want going to break this window out too I got a window I got a window I got we're
going to put a roof ladder hang on are you able to reach in here to move the seat forward you you able I'm I'm
sitting on the door no don't bust the window all right I'm not I'm going to recover you right now okay I want to see
if I can move sorry hey get me a roof ladder roof ladder here he comes hey I want you to
position the roof ladder right in here watch your foot watch your foot hey I'm going to need a lot of hands on this
right now uh can one of you guys hold the ladder like that yep perfect so it doesn't go anywhere your R I'm to pull
you up okay I know I'm sorry this will have to happen in for me to get you out all right man you got the ladder
ladder sliding a little bit but all right TR put that backboard on here Anthony take care of the baby we'll get
the female out it's taking a huge group of EMTs cops and firemen to get the mother out of this car and it's getting
more and more hectic by the minute but this one man is managing to stay calm and orchestrate this entire Rescue
Mission by himself it should only be a matter of time before they get her out they just have to hope they were quick
enough all right you're good right here hey sir in my trunk on the right hand side there should be a row okay tailgate
okay hang on tag light to the right okay you're good you're doing great ma'am you're doing great take nice
and deep breaths okay what do you need for me dude we're going to have to pull her up that's going to be a lot of so
Gunner get the utility rope Conor utility rope utility rope all right you ready out no no what's your name Nick
Nick what do you need Nick I'm Dave what do you need man Dave all right I'm just
trying to get her up on this board but we don't need her sliding off if you guys are on scene we need your to
oh all right slide this board off real quick right here leave it right there despite the woman being in severe pain
the team was able to use the ladder and rope to lift her out of the car and into
an ambulance but both the mother and the child were taken back to a hospital and
treated for injuries but this next child was in an even more urgent situation floating in the middle of open water in
what's nothing short of a miracle rescue I know I know just calm down just calm down this man was fishing in the
middle of a river in duth Minnesota when he saw something he's not used to seeing
out there are you going to be able to make it in the shore yeah you need some help yeah okay I'm can you
help me my dad Well your dad's back there but I'm going to bring you in the shore
okay I know I know just calm down just calm down my calm down hand so no you can't you can't pull
right now just hold on a second I need to get me to my dad okay but I'm going to bring you over to land okay just calm
down you're on my boat you don't have to worry about the current taking you out the man knows that the most important
thing is to get this boy to safety he can worry about reuniting him later however right now there's an even more
pressing issue at hand if the boy was to pull himself onto the boat that side would tip under the surface filling it
with water and ultimately sinking it so they need to figure out how to get the boy back to shore without sinking the
boat and doing them both quickly the fisherman thinks he's figured it out but it's not going to be easy for either of
them I figure out a way to get you up and out without bringing all the water in okay so I think if you can hold on
like that can you do that for me can I get you to shore yeah okay I really need it and then you'll be able to land on
the dock okay can you do that for me yes you're strong right yes okay all right so I just need to be strong for a few
more seconds all right so I'm going to try not to hit you so I'm just going to back those up and what's this oh that's
my mle bucket there's Fathead minals in there okay my dad yep your dad's not gone he's just on the other side of that
grass over there okay I in for a long yep and he was not listening I know I know it sounds as though the boy was
actually trying to warn his dad that he was in danger and he simply wasn't listening at this point you've got to
wonder if it's even safe to return him back to his dad but right now all he's concerned about is keeping the boy calm
and saving his life all right so I'm going try to do this okay can you hold on Keep Holding On like that yeah okay
all right good how old are you you can't remember are you that old are you like 101 No
102 I but I grow up fast yeah you know kids do grow up fast cuz I have a kid you want know how old my son is how he
is six and I that's told me how old I I'm six oh you're six yeah I look like I'm seven oh wow that's good that must
mean you must eat all your fruit and vegetables so what we're going to do is we're almost there okay yeah we're
making waves are you cold yeah all right so once we get up there all you'd have to do is get on land and you can wait
for your dad okay I don't know if there's any towels or anything how long have you been in the water long time a
long time long time okay thought you were dead because you were coming in no I just didn't I I thought he was coming
to get you but he didn't come I asked you for yeah I know you did I heard you screaming so that's why I came over here
even more concerningly it seems as though the boy's father knew he fell in and simply decided not to try and save
him at this point there's signs that something is very wrong luckily though the pair are about to make it to Shore
and it won't be long until the man meets his father and finds out exactly what that problem might be yeah are you still
really really cold yeah I even colder yeah okay can you make it up hold on good job yeah hold
on let me get this off where was he uh I think he got blown way over there come on let's see if we
can find somebody to get you a uh a napkin what this case does show is the importance of kids wearing life jackets
if the boy wasn't wearing his then it's likely this whole ordeal would have ended very differently but now that he's
out of the water that doesn't necessarily mean the boy is safe river water can be extreme cold and a
prolonged stay in it could mean anything from slight chills to hypothermia so it's vital that they find a way to dry
him off and warm him up hi uh do you have any towels on him his dad left him stranded out in the middle of the river
and he follow me sir and yeah and he's saying he's feeling cold I was just somebody that was fishing but I want to
make sure that he's fine then we're going to call 911 911 yeah we got to make sure you doing okay so you don't
have hypothermia or something like that sitting there I don't need 911 why why don't you want to call 911 are you
scared yes I go it's okay we just got to get you war and make sure you're getting checked out
no I want 911 please no do you still feel really really cold yes okay come on over here bud so he's he's got you a
towel right there where was he in the yeah he was in the bay when I came up fishing his dad was right next to him
maybe 30 40 yards west or east of the ramp there and the current has swept him all the way out here here oh and his dad
there actually two people drown here in that same spot last year well it was just one of those things where I thought
his dad was coming cuz his dad has the sailb right there and he's still he's still not coming still hasn't came and
checked in on him so okay just pull this up over your head now yeah we just got to make sure we get you warm and that
you're going to be okay cuz we don't I one I one okay we're going to get you all
fixed up here Jack cuz I don't know how long he he had been out there in the water prior to me showing up either so I
just want to make sure he doesn't have hypothermia or anything like that that's going to say despite the boy's
reluctance to get 9911 involved the adults know that it's the right thing to do they can cover him with towels and
dry him off as much as they want but emergency vehicles will be able to fully ensure that he's safe and not at risk of
hypothermia or anything else around the time of arrival is also when we finally get to meet his dad and his reaction to
finding out what happened is far from what you'd expect David I'm very pleased to meet you yep all
right sounds like he was a bit nervous well he was he was screaming and it was like I look back to see where you were
at and you were a couple hundred yards away then I was happy I did come here cuz they were here had a boat was able
to come and get you yes but yeah no I'm very thankful of that me too first I say
thousand and then thank you y CU saved me a bunch of hassle yeah cuz he the river takes him a little bit I like yeah
calm down slowly swim to shore y you got this we've been in this before I tried to get him with the boat and of course
the wind's picking up so it just right across the rer yep so I had to try and walk it back that is super slow yep so
thank you very much yep I would chat longer but I think I need it yeah again thank you thank you thank you
and we might be seeing each other again to put it mildly something seemed off about the way he reacted to all of this
he seemed much too flippant and jovial about the whole thing saying it have been a hassle to rescue his son seems
extremely insensitive and to be frank he seems like he's been drinking but regardless the boy was checked out by
EMS and was eventually returned to his family hopefully for this to never happen again but nothing comes close to
the heroic Rescue of this 4-year-old girl who fell down a well and was saved by a Syrian Rescue Team it happened
outside of Aleppo in early 2021 when Sumaya was playing near her home and accident L fell down a well a branch of
the Syrian Civil Defense was quickly dispatched to see if she was even still alive come on come on
best yes [Music] [Applause] sow suaya managed to survive the fall completely uninjured if not absolutely
terrified she had walked down a Dusty Cavern away from the sunlight so any longer down there could have spelled
disaster but this man was about to bring her back to the entrance and save her [Music]
[Music] Maya was administered first aid by the rescue team but was found to be completely fine and uninjured if some
body hadn't seen her fall down the well then things could have ended very differently but thankfully she was
returned home and reunited with her family

Thank you everyone for watching, and of course thanks to Lifegard for sponsoring the video!

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Brief Summary

This episode highlights miraculous child rescues and reunions, including stories of missing children and their rescuers.

Key points

Miraculous Rescue from a Well. A girl trapped down a well miraculously survives and is rescued.
Toddler Found Alone. A 2-year-old boy is found wandering alone next to a busy road.
Three Years Missing. Connor Jack, missing for three years, is finally found alive.
Dog Saves Missing Boy. A police canine helps find a 3-year-old boy lost in the woods.
Race Against Time. A mother and child are trapped in a sinking car, and time is running out.
A Father's Gratefulness. A father expresses immense gratitude after a tense rescue situation.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

What sort of parent would let their 2-year-olds wander off?

Concerns about Matteo's safety after being found

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Tension

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