A young boy was found face down on a rock when a helicopter crew spotted him at daybreak after 15 hours and 150 volunteers searching for him. The child had wandered away from a friend’s ranch in a rural wilderness area in the Texas hill country, west of Austin.

The Llano Police Department called in the Texas Department of Public Safety Aviation Unit and several other police agencies. They began a massive hunt for the boy with bloodhounds, horses, helicopters, police units, huge spotlights and thermal tracking technology. The next morning, the DPS helicopter crew (Pilot Sgt. Nick Granelli and TFO Trooper Ben Muller) located the toddler, who had apparently climbed onto one of the granite rocks to stay warm during the night. It was an instinct that might have kept him alive.

"It brought tears to my eyes when they said that they had found him," said Llano County Sheriff's Chief Deputy John Neff. "It was one of the best experiences I've felt in a long time," he said.

Source: http://www.wwlp.com