So he wasn't found in the creek?? How is that even possible if the mother only looked away for a second like they reported? And he was found by family/friends?
Updated article:
http://www.newsandtribune.com/news/...cle_669aeae8-e026-11e6-97d6-971d2991043f.html
It appears he was found in a creek.
BBM- Yes, children can go missing that quickly.
My friend took her friend's son to the beach, looked down to grab a sandwich, looked back up and he was gone. Seconds of looking away turned into hours of searching. He was found safe.
My mother "lost" my sister in the New England Aquarium. She was standing right behind my mom. My mom turned around and my sister was gone. Two little old ladies thought she was lost and took her to the information booth. My mother was a little po'd because my sister was inches away from her when these two good Samaritans took it upon themselves to "help", it wasn't as if my sister was standing alone and there were no other adults present. My mother didn't see a thing.
I lost my son at the public pool when he was around 10. He went one way around an attraction, I went the other. Two seconds, maybe three, tops he was out of my sight, just long enough to pass by the attraction that was all of a foot wide. When I got to the other side, he'd vanished. I searched and searched the the pool; the lifeguards called out his name but he didn't respond. The staff shut the doors and eventually, they cleared the pool. I had my phone set to dial 911, I was in panic mode by that time. Guess whose son was the last to climb out of the deep end, where he wasn't supposed to be so I didn't check that end of the pool? Mine.
What happened is instead of him passing by the attraction, he picked that precise moment to turn and walk away in line with it and disappeared into the crowd during the two-three seconds I took my eyes off of him. You would think I would have seen the back side of him, but apparently he'd gone under water to swim away, something he'd never done in the past but again, picked just the right moment to be brave.
Yes, it can happen that quickly.
