FBI releases video showing rescue of missing teen in Egg Harbor Twp., N.J.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026
EGG HARBOR TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- Dramatic new video shows how the FBI was able to rescue a missing boy deep in a forest in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

The 17-year-old, who is on the autism spectrum, went missing last month in Egg Harbor Township.

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He was found 36 hours later after an infrared camera detected his heat signature.

You see him as the small white figure curled on the forest floor beneath a tree.



Four rescuers moved past the trees to reach the boy, who had been out in below-freezing temperatures.

The teenager was checked out and returned to his family.
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