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Missing 7-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy Found Safe

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A missing boy was found after an hours-long search in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

As CBS2's Cory James reports, it was a miraculous search-and-rescue.

Seven-year-old Yosef Shapiro is now safe and returning home to his family after being missing for nearly 10 hours, sending the NYPD and thousands of people in his community looking for him.

Officers say he went missing around 2:30 p.m. near Seaview Avenue and Paerdegate Avenue.

Heavy rain and lightning created challenges for those frantically looking for him.

Witnesses told police Yosef was found hiding under a bush in Canarsie Park near the water and responded to his name being called by crying.

He was then carried out of the woods and placed into an ambulance.

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