A TV Reporter Found A Missing Boy While Reporting On The Boy’s Disappearance

Last Thursday afternoon, a 10-year-old Tampa, Florida boy named Paul Ezekial “Zeke” Fagan went missing after disappearing from his grandmother’s yard. After hours of looking for Zeke on their own, the family reported the situation to the local police department, who were unable to find the boy during an overnight search that included the assistance of trained dogs and a helicopter. The police held a press conference early the following morning to inform the media.

This is where we pick up our story:

ABC Action News reporter Cameron Polom, who was covering the story early Friday morning, was walking through the neighborhood when he spotted the missing Kimball Elementary School student standing alone by a fence.

“I said, ‘Have you been missing?’ I said, ‘Come here, buddy, and I just picked him up and I said would you mind if I lift you up?'” Polom said. “And I just said come with me, I just held his hand and walked him over to you guys. It’s crazy.” he said. [ABC Action News]

TODAY.com reports that Zeke wasn’t so much “standing alone by a fence” as he was “crawling out of vegetation,” which I kind of hope is true, seeing as the former really doesn’t say much for the Tampa area police dogs and helicopter unit. But how things worked out isn’t quite as important as the fact that they did work out, so let’s just go ahead and chalk this one up as a win.

Source: TODAY/Gawker

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