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OCALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJW) — After a water-clogged trip over a stream with paddleboards earlier this week, the young boy is safe, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Committee (FWC) said in a release.
Grayson Hardy, 7, was reported missing Monday after being seen on a family paddleboard near Rocky Creek in Blue Water Bay, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
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Several agencies worked together to find the boy later that day. He is “a mile upstream after navigating through a tough stream full of submerged trees and obstacles,” the FWC said.
The first question to the boy’s rescuer is reportedly, “Do you have any food?”
Officials said the seven-year-old was taken to hospital after rescue, but was on track.
