3-YEAR-OLD MISSING AUSTRALIAN BOY FOUND

Sometimes, there is good news. A missing 3-year-old autistic boy was found safe Monday — after surviving three days alone in the Australian bush. ‘AJ’ Elfalak went missing from his family’s home in Putty, New South Wales, on Friday. Searchers combed the wilderness surrounding the home, where temperatures dropped to 43 degrees. But on Monday morning, a helicopter pilot on the search found AJ sitting in a muddy creek less than half a mile from home. He was cupping water into his mouth. He was taken to a hospital to be evaluated but appeared healthy aside from some scrapes from a fall and diaper rash. While his son was still missing, Anthony Elfalak had said, “No one can understand what it’s like going through what we went through. My leg, my hips, my ankles, I can’t walk. I have been in the bush for four days with no sleep. We didn’t stop,” he said of the huge hunt. It was not immediately clear how AJ — who doesn’t speak — wandered off from home. He had been playing with his brothers on Friday morning and usually stuck close to his mother, the family said.
* Dingo DID NOT take your baby.
* It’s a Labor Day miracle. Make a movie out of THAT, Hallmark Channel.
* That helicopter pilot deserves a six-pack at least.
* Now, back to his home. Where, if what I hear about Australia is correct, there are about ten times more things that can kill you.
* They’re trying to relax now, but they keep getting calls from fence companies.