New South Wales Police rescued a 3-year-old boy.
On Monday, the Australian Emergency Services rescued a 3-year-old boy after he disappeared from his home for three days.
A video clip released by the New South Wales Police showed that before being rescued, the boy Anthony “AJ” Elfalak was desperately scooping water into his mouth in a stream in Putty, about 150 kilometers northwest of Sydney.
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AJ was taken to the hospital and reportedly suffered abrasions from a fall and diaper rash.
When asked what supported him in this ordeal, the boy’s father, Anthony El Farak, breathed a sigh of relief, said: “Just to meet my son, he is named after me.”
It is unclear why the boy left his parents’ home on Friday.
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