One New York City schoolboy may or may not be grounded after an urgent manhunt Friday morning resulted in the boy being caught on camera playing hooky from class.
FOX 5 New York’s helicopter caught the moment on video when NYPD officers discovered the nine-year-old on a Brooklyn rooftop using his laptop computer.
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Every parents’ nightmare came true this morning for the nine-year-old’s parents this morning around 7:00 am when their son did not arrive at school. He was quickly reported missing.
After an urgent search put on by the NYPD, FOX 5 New York sent out their news helicopter to monitor the area. The search request was for a 4’9 boy in a school uniform.The helicopter’s cameras spotted a schoolboy slumped in a lawn chair on the rooftop wearing a tie with a laptop in his lap.
Helicopter reporter Dan Rice was the first to discover the boy safe and sound on the rooftop of his family’s apartment building.
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« We do a lot of these stories where we’re looking at kids that are missing these awful stories of people in despair and, you know, what have you. I can’t remember a time where we’ve ever been on a story where we’re looking for somebody is missing, and we end up finding them and helping the police, » said Rice to FOX 5.NYPD officers soon arrived on the scene and gave the helicopter a big thumbs up as they escorted the child back to safety.
« For us to be able to find them, he was as relaxed as could be and to be able to reunite the parents with him. Yeah. It’s actually a pretty cool feeling, » said helicopter reporter Dan Rice to FOX 5.
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The NYPD did not immediately return Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Publish date : 2024-08-24 03:50:11
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