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NYPD Officers Use Night Vision Goggles, Thermal Imaging To Find Missing Boy With Autism

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police in Queens used night vision goggles and a thermal imaging camera to help find a missing boy with autism.

NYPD Aviation officers responded to a 911 call about a missing person inside Jacob Riis Park just after 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Park police had been alerted by the 14-year-old boy's mother that he was missing in the park.

About 10 minutes later, he was found in the water and reunited with his mom.

No injuries were reported.

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