Johnston County sheriff: 'It's a sad day'

a sign of sadness and modified

We had first responders at your deputies yesterday

McCain nine handler that was overcome from the heat

Had to get your master check him out

But they were willing to go right back

You know everybody that I've talked to his being in

continuous prayer for these family of these kids and their

safety that we would find

And we have found the fact that they were so

close to where everything happened

Were you like surprise where you found the kids I'm

just thankful that they never got into the Noose River

Yeah I was a little surprised of the location of

the little boy this morning

But then again as the water was receding I think

that was to our advantage

So any hail we can find some comfort that knowing

that they're in a better of a place today that

well and the war when they found them with the

water were they in the water Where were they In

shallow water

Okay

And just talk about the effort behind this

Not just you had your first responders out here

You also had community members that said You know what

we can't sit back and watch this talk about how

what effort this was

You know one of the things that we were concerned

about here in Johnson County

It's a loving community

Everybody wants to pitch in

And everybody What can I do I'm willing to do

We had folks want to go buy a kayak

I want to go by boat to get in the

water to help us

Yesterday I pleaded for the community

Don't get in the news river

It's swift

Water is dangerous

The rivers up

We got trained motors if you will on the water

and we didn't need them out there are hampering our

investigation

And I do want to thank our citizens for hating

the warning not to get in

We didn't need additional searches going on

We needed to focus on this search and for others

to stay out of the water like I've requested yesterday

assisted us in being able to put our full attention

on finding these Children

I will have

The little boy was found right here in the creek

just before nine o'clock this morning about 30 yards east

off the location of the little girl yesterday and I

just wanted to let you all know to let the

community know

Thank you for your thoughts prayers your donations the outpouring

of love and support

Uh I want to thank the first responders the deputy

sheriff the other agencies that sent people the civilians that

brought you know canines out and combed the woods right

along the side office

I want to thank the community for heeding the warning

yesterday to stay off of the news river

Give us a chance to do our jobs

We didn't need another search

We needed to focus our attention on this search and

we were successful

We were hoping for a better outcome

But at least this morning that we have retrieved all

the family has been notified and we want to keep

the family in our thoughts and our prayers

We want to keep the fireman that were in the

boats out here

So they're not capsized when you got six first responders

that are in the water along with a mother young

girl and a young boy and you hear on the

radio Mayday Mayday

I've never heard mayday in Johnson County on the water

but you know we're all in this business together

Where Your Firefighter E

M s deputy sheriff law enforcement officer

But here you fire buddies and they're hollering

Mayday We need help

We're all in the water and then we get down

here and we got four boats That's up against the

trees

One in a tree

Just tour all the pieces

But the focus war on the boat we don't care

about the boats in the equipment could be replaced

Our focus immediately

We introduce our Children and at least we've got him

from the river today

And I will tell you you know with all the

negative going on in America about police and first responders

and law enforcement I've been so humbled and thankful for

the outpouring of support from the community

Food prayer so unreal

I know this isn't the outcome we wanted but do

you hope in some way the family I hope so

My chief deputy is meeting with the family as I'm

speaking right now and I just got off the phone

with him before I walked over here and it's it's

really emotional not only for the family but also there

with the guy

Just got to care of the message

Um family have you I know you guys have been

very closely working with them

They seen so wonderful and making in helping you guys

to I know that they've been out there searching to

What's your message to them You know I guess my

message would to the family would be I'm sorry

I wish we could have found him and brought him

back in

Place him in your arms

But we did the best we could

We got you family in our thoughts and prayers

And it's a sad day for the family

It's a sad day for law enforcement is a sad

day for the first responders researchers to voters

But at least we've got those Children and the family

confined

Ah sense of a closure

And those kids are in a better place than we

are today

So we can find some

Maybe we can find some comfort in that

Thank you

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