7yo boy foound!

[verdesardog]

Yea! We fiound a lost 7yo boy safe and sound after he spent the night in 17 degree weather!
Seligman, AZ. Three counties of SAR personel participated in this search.
I was personally out for 11 hours during that night search.

 

[AFSOC]

You guys just made 2013 a verrry Happy New Year for one family. Great work!!!!

 

[Scott Brady]

Awesome work!

 

[givemethewillys]

Good job!!!!!!

 

[bunduguy]

As a father of a young boy, I salute you. And cannot imagine the grief, anxiety, and now relief, of the parents. Well done, and please let me buy you a beer if we ever meet.

 

[NothingClever]

That is awesome news! Congratulations and WELL DONE !!

 

[teotwaki]

Mantracking is always more rewarding when the quarry is alive!! Great job by the SAR team!

 

[plainjaneFJC]

Thank You

 

[Boog2001]

Wow...thank you and all of the SARs

 

[spunky2268]

Give us details! How did the little fellow make it through that cold of a temperature and for how long? How far from his point last seen was he found? What were the circumstances of his going missing? Help us here learn from your lessons.

 

[verdesardog]

He was found about 1.5 miles from PLS under neath an abandoned travel trailer. He liked to explore, his family was visiting realitives, he wandered away from his grandmothers house and got lost.

Lessons learned: DON'T let the quad team anywhere near any possible search areas, use them only for perimiter containment or transport...this search could have been much shorter if the quad team hadn't run all over the place and messed up any tracks. Even the tracking dogs lost the scent very soon.

I shouldn't have said that much really but......

If you would like more info contact the Yavapai County sheriff.

 

[verdesardog]

The news coverage was too funny, really playing up the help we got from some locals. There were SAR teams from three counties on this search. When a kid is lost the sheriff calls out ALL resources!

 

[irish_11]

Nice work! Always glad to hear a story ending well.

 

[spunky2268]

Thanks for the info, verdesardog. I don't think you gave anything away. Although USAR is my forte, I've been pressed to work walk-aways in rural areas and my experiences mirror yours. People just love to zip around on those things giving the impression they are doing something important. They destroy the scent cones for the dogs, and do nothing but burn up gas. But, don't they look sexy in the newspapers! Excellent work to you and the teams involved.

 

[Hill Bill E.]

When a kid is lost the sheriff calls out ALL resources!

And that is not always a good thing! Even when we all know the intentions were good.

Lessons learned: ...this search could have been much shorter if the quad team hadn't run all over the place and messed up any tracks. .

Very glad it was a happy outcome! Congrats to you and the crew, and to everyone who does SAR work!

Having a Rescue is always better than having a Recovery.