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Body-Cam Shows Teen Brother, Pasco Deputy Rescue Missing 5-Year-Old From Lake

The sheriff’s office highlighted its SafetyNet Tracking bracelet program for people prone to wandering.

A quick-thinking deputy and a brave big brother helped save a missing 5-year-old nonverbal girl who wandered into a Florida lake. (PCSO)
A quick-thinking deputy and a brave big brother helped save a missing 5-year-old nonverbal girl who wandered into a Florida lake. (PCSO)
A quick-thinking deputy and a brave big brother helped save a missing 5-year-old nonverbal girl who wandered into a Florida lake. (PCSO)
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Overview

  • Pasco County deputies responded Monday to a report of a missing nonverbal 5-year-old with autism near Lake Lisa Park in Port Richey.
  • Body-camera video released by the sheriff’s office captures a bystander shouting that the child was in the water as a deputy sprinted toward the lake.
  • The deputy hopped a fence and pushed through thick brush to reach the shoreline, where he found the girl’s 17-year-old brother holding her above the surface.
  • The teen and the deputy worked together to free the child from branches and bring both siblings safely onto dry land.
  • PCSO praised the brother’s actions as heroic and urged families to consider the SafetyNet Tracking registry, which is also used in Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Manatee counties.