肯塔基州6岁自闭症男童失踪近三天后获救：骑马志愿者在山林中找到他
美国肯塔基州劳伦斯县路易莎（Louisa）6岁男童 Roman Heilman 在山林中失踪近三天后，于11月3日上午被平安找到。肯塔基州警察局11月3日上午晚些时候宣布，Roman 已被找到、人没事。这名男童患有自闭症、不会说话，11月1日（周日）下午约4时从位于 Tadpole Road 的家中走失；州警察局随即发布 IAN 警报，这是肯塔基州在患有自闭症或认知障碍的儿童失踪、可能处于危险中时启用的紧急警报。记录他被找到瞬间的画面随后在社交平台流传，不少网友留言表达欣慰与感谢。
三天里，路易莎周边的山林、山脊与河岸布满搜寻者：多家执法机构与数百名志愿者徒步搜寻，并出动无人机、飞机、警犬与骑马队伍。Roman 身高约3英尺、体重约60磅，留齐肩浅色头发、蓝眼睛，走失时穿绿色外套、红白相间的怪物卡车图案睡裤和 Crocs 洞洞鞋。据 Lawrence 县应急管理部门的说法，Roman 对儿歌《If You're Happy and You Know It》有反应，搜寻者被鼓励一边找一边唱这首歌，希望他听见后走出来。搜寻期间，搜寻人员曾找到 Roman 的部分衣物。
据参与搜寻的一名骑手经媒体转述，周二天还没亮，约十名骑手就进了山，当天骑行超过14英里。在离 Roman 家约1.5英里处，他从灌木丛里走出来、走上马道，身边还跟着一条小狗。骑手说，他身上被荆棘划了不少口子，但状态不错；骑手们给他喝了水、吃了香蕉和几包水果零食，用一件运动衫把他裹好，再骑马把他带下山。
Roman 下山后由急救人员做了检查；据骑手说法，他看上去状态良好、只是有点脱水。截至11月3日，肯塔基州警察局尚未公布他身体状况的更多细节。州警察局在宣布消息时，感谢了参与搜寻的地方、州与联邦合作单位以及数百名志愿者。
Kentucky Boy, 6, With Autism Found Safe Nearly Three Days After Vanishing: Horseback Volunteers Bring Him Home
Roman Heilman, a 6-year-old boy from Louisa in Lawrence County, Kentucky, was found safe on the morning of November 3 after spending nearly three days missing in the hills. The Kentucky State Police announced late Tuesday morning that Roman had been located safe. The boy, who has autism and is nonverbal, wandered away from his home on Tadpole Road at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 1. State police issued an IAN Alert, the emergency alert Kentucky uses when a child with autism or a cognitive disability goes missing and may be in danger. Footage of the moment he was found later circulated on social media, where many commenters expressed relief and thanks.
For three days, the woods, ridges and riverbanks around Louisa were full of searchers: law enforcement agencies worked alongside hundreds of volunteers, with searchers on foot, drones and aircraft overhead, K9 units and riders on horseback combing the hillsides. Roman is about three feet tall and 60 pounds, with shoulder-length light hair and blue eyes, and was wearing a green jacket, red-and-white monster-truck pajama pants and Crocs when he vanished. According to Lawrence County Emergency Management, Roman is known to respond to the song "If You're Happy and You Know It," and searchers were encouraged to sing it as they looked, hoping he would hear it and come out. During the search, searchers recovered some of Roman's clothing.
According to one of the riders, as reported by West Virginia Pulse, about ten riders were in the woods before daylight on Tuesday and covered more than 14 miles on horseback. About a mile and a half from Roman's home, he walked out of the brush and onto the horse trail, with a little dog right there with him. The rider said he was covered in briar scratches but in good shape. The riders gave him water, a banana and a couple of fruit snacks, wrapped him in a sweatshirt and carried him down the mountain on horseback.
Roman was checked out by emergency medical crews after coming down the mountain. The rider said he appeared to be in good shape and just a little dehydrated. As of November 3, the Kentucky State Police had not released further details about his condition. In announcing the news, state police thanked their local, state and federal partners and the hundreds of volunteers who helped in the search.
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