3-Year-Old Missing Boy Found Alive After 3 Days in Australian Bush

An emotional Anthony and Kelly Elfalak, the mother and father of AJ, hugs family and friends when they learn the boy has been found alive on the family property near Putty south west of Sydney, Monday, September 6, 2021. Dean Lewins/AAP Image

A three-year-old boy missing for three days over the weekend in Australia was found alive in thick, mountainous bushland on Sept. 6.

Anthony “AJ” Elfalak was reunited with his family after being spotted by a rescue helicopter, half a kilometre from his home, sitting in a creek drinking water with his hands.