are you okay did you take me down the my yes ma'am we are Goodbye by me one 2 3 yep every year thousands of people vanish Without a Trace leaving behind heartbroken families and unanswered questions however what happens when K9 units step in to save the day and help officers track lost folks here are several instances when K9 finds people who were missing starting with Bo a king K9 with a sharp nose who helped locate a non-verbal autistic child on his first official mission hey bud come here how are you I got him Rob all right Rob got a lot of people that're looking for you you want to hold my hand you want to hold the leash I'm glad you're safe buddy that's all that matters all people care about you on March 27th 2023 an 8-year-old autistic kid had reportedly wandered away from home and got lost in the woods after several minutes of searching the child's parents grew increasingly worried and called 911 for help responding to the call officers were dispatched to the location alongside b a newly trained K9 upon arrival the dog immediately got to work and raced against time to find the little kid oh boy let's go let's go f come on hey bu come here how are you I got him Rob all right Rob's that hey what you got in your hands six 822 we've got contact good awesome good job b b you want a pet bow want check him out you want to come hang out with bowy I've seen good boy yeah come on buddy come on buddy got a lot of people that are looking for you you want to hold my hand you want to hold the leash you want to walk bow he might pull on you a little bit you're Bo all right you all right buddy you're not Hur just just a little bit I'm glad you're safe buddy that's all that matters all the people care about you it's all that matters all right have a good night buddy okay be careful don't mind if he come says hello no it's okay good job buddy save the day good job pretty work good job pretty work pretty work in the end the boy was safely returned to his parents while the K9 got rewarded with lots of treats and praise if you thought that case was impressive wait until you meet Toby a trained Blood Hound who found an old lady deep in the woods 24 hours after she was declared missing are you okay did you take me down the yes ma'am we are she's talking to me but uh she's laid out here in the woods good bye by me one 2 3 yep on May 15th 2022 officers responded to a distress call reporting an old lady who had ently gone missing for an entire day according to reports the woman was in her late 60s and was suffering from dementia due to her illness the old lady often got confused and needed close supervision at all times scared for her safety officers swiftly began their search with the help of a k9 named Toby and explored the woods for signs of her location hey 1025 1025 hey I think we're 1025 over back here good boy tell me hey are you okay are you okay did you take me down the yes ma'am we are yeah we're definitely 1025 go ahead and start EMS just to check on her she's talking to me but uh she's laid out here in the woods somebody jump on that side by side and come this way Hey where's the going give me send them to the residence there's no way they're going to get back to where we're at that water in there yeah so if you look off your left out your uh left door right now look almost straight down you'll see us right here at the edge of the Spence line underneath the power [Music] lines all right we got the power L we just can't see you it's so but we know exactly you're some water yes just North she's laid out right here along the fence line my hand I'll help you sit up and we'll get some more good boy to good boy B wo it's a good Bo boy that's not good boy the woman had finally been found but she wasn't safe quite yet the old lady needed medical attention and officers still had a job to do hold on to your water okay hey we're going to try to carry you to the other side of the fence okay what's what's your name again all right just hang on okay cuz we're going to carry you over to the helicopter all right all right we're going to go on three all right one two three step a little bit sorry take just a break just a sec you want me to get that one are you able to sit up at all yeah I'm going help you okay jimy you want to get our feet yeah and I'll get let hold this thing down put your foot on this track Step Up y one two three yep yep yep yep yep yep watch that b you all right Craig yep be me in there just keep an out toe for me in the end the woman was flown to a nearby hospital and luckily made a full recovery continuing the theme of senior citizens with dementia getting lost in the woods we have Tom an 80-year-old man who got rescued right before things could get ugly Tom keep yelling hey Tom you all right man no okay we're going to get you here okay way c yeah we're looking for you all right well we're going to take you home okay your wife's looking for you the war yeah on July 17th 2024 officers were dispatched to a nearby forest in response to an 80-year-old man who had wandered from home and gotten lost in the woods at first officers thought locating the man would be an easy task however they were in for a big surprise got him buddy come here nice job chipper nice job Charlie we're on the southwest side of bay we hear theme St Tom keep yelling Tom up honey Tom where you at man hi where are you keep talking tom so we can get to you Jeremy your head right at keep going straight we got him hey Tom you all right man no okay we're going to get you out of here okay Bo good boy CH let me let me get one the units out there great job come on buddy come on chip where he go here Tom I'm going to help you get out all right all right wherever you're at I'm right here man I got an open spot this way look at where this is I like your walking sck disat let's have FD roll This Way cop yeah we're looking for you going for a walk yeah my boss fir fired me and said that's the second time and I think you need to leave I got you man all right well we're going to take you home okay your wife's looking for you theis yeah in the end the officers safely escorted the man home it's one thing for an old person to get lost but it's a different level of scary when a child is declared missing that was the case for this autistic kid who was nowhere to be found for hours and only got found thanks to an experienced search dog that's K9 seeka she did a good job didn't she yeah she's a police dog and she finds people yeah say hi we were helping look for you too your mom was all scared she didn't know where you were on April 22nd 2024 an autistic child was reported missing prompting officers to launch a CommunityWide search the kid had been gone for quite a while and unknown to officers was seeking refuge in a distant Forest seeing no signs of him the cops decided to switch tactics and recruit the help of the one creature they knew was guaranteed to find him sweet pleas are these his shoes come on come here she's friendly come here you want to better come here buddy she's friendly good girl Mama buddy come on up good girl you want to pet her that's K9 saika she did a good job didn't she K9 yeah she's a police dog and she finds people you're not cut up or anything you're not hurt or anything you want to wave is that that's a drone yeah say hi they were helping look for you too your mom was all scared she didn't know where you were you9 that's the girls she did fine in the end the child was transported home and reunited with his family it's often said that dogs are Mankind's best friends and this was especially true for this man who got rescued from the Woods by a k9 okay okay okay my dog came to find you do you have a weapon on you or anything keep your hands where we can keep see them okay of course I don't have anything no no it's fine no no you're fine dude no she's a she she was looking for you she found you there you go good job we give him a hog okay good job on November 28th 2020 officers were dispatched on a mission to find a missing man who was last seen in the woods the cops were well experienced in conducting these kinds of searches however this mission was particularly challenging the sun wasn't out yet so seeing was practically impossible unable to rely on their Vision officers brought in their trusted companion and began what had turned out to be their most challenging search campaign yet hey hey keep your hands right there are you okay are you okay okay my dog came to find you do you have a weapon on you or anything keep your hands where we can keep see them okay okay just keep your hands there go ahead keep your hands there hun be right there okay come here come here come here come here baby come here come here okay behind me watch right I'm just cing you for our safety right now okay you're not in left we're going to talk we're going to talk about this though all right you got anything on you when you know about I'm going to bring her out I'm going to have her finish okay you hold come on ph1 you can disregard we found him finish like once he comes out okay cuz I took that away from her before and I don't want to do it again he's unarmed he's unarmed okay good hey Dave when she started pulling here I said Dave know I saw her I'm going to once we go off I'm going to tell you holy holy um adrenaline holy adrenaline I know you're in handcuffs can you do me a favor she's going to come up to you and she's going to she knows it's you okay she's friendly I just want her to finish what she started okay of course I don't have anything no no it's fine no you're fine dude no she's a she she was looking for you she found you she tracked you this is her reward yeah her reward is you you okay it's okay it's okay okay you're going to be fine okay just let her finish her thing L where's that come on do you have to take forever okay come you're okay we're going to get you an ambulance okay I don't need an there you go good job we did give him a hog okay good job come on Lulu woohoo good girl you're a good girl okay I'm recording in the end the man was medically cleared and returned home to his family