Boy (3) rescued after four days lost in Australian bush
A three-year-old boy who went missing in the Australian bush on Friday has been found safe, sitting in a stream and cupping water in his hands to drink, after a search.
Hundreds of people had been searching for Anthony AJ Elfalak, who has autism and is non-verbal, since he went missing from his family s remote rural property near the village of Putty, north of Sydney, late on Friday morning.
The crew of a police helicopter spotted him sitting in shallow water in a stream bed late on Monday morning about 470 metres from his home, police superintendent Tracy Chapman said.
He was reported to be in good condition but was taken to a hospital for observation, ambulance officers said.
His father, Anthony Elfalak, said his son had been bitten by ants, had nappy rash and suffered abrasions.
It s a miracle, the father told reporters after he and his wife, Kelly Elfalak, were reunited with their son.