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Drone locates missing Arizona boys in ravine and creek

FOX 10 Phoenix reports that fire crews found both children within half an hour of deploying the aircraft over difficult terrain.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 54,356 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (3,080).

Drone finds two missing Arizona boys in less than 30 minutes | FOX 10 Phoenix

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Ravines, creeks and open land made the search around Prescott Valley difficult to cover quickly on foot. Police looking for two missing boys called in Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority's drone unit to get a view from above.

FOX 10 Phoenix's report follows the November 8 search, with reporter Tayler Wolff showing the terrain that crews faced. Parents had reported that the children had wandered away from home.

Ten minutes after launch, drone operators spotted the first child in a ravine. Minutes later, they located the second in a nearby creek. Both were reunited with their family.

The report has drawn more than 60,000 views, far beyond the station's usual early audience for a Short. Its most useful detail is not simply that the drone found the boys: it allowed searchers to keep them in sight while crews reached them.

Central Arizona Fire has used drones since 2019. Here, the aerial search gave responders a way to scan ground that would have taken longer to cover on foot.

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