Touching moment police find missing two-year-old boy hidden by blackberry bushes, hours after he disappeared from his home in the middle of the night
- River Schomaker reported as missing from his Portland home on Saturday
- Police found the two-year-old stuck in a blackberry bush later that day
- Helicopter video captured the moment the toddler was carried out to safety
- River was taken to hospital for treatment for cols exposure and scratches
- No charges or action has been taken against his parents at this time
This is the moment a missing two-year-old boy was rescued from bushes by police.
River Schomaker was reported as missing from his Northeast Portland home, in Oregon, after his mother discovered he was not in his bed at 6am on Saturday morning.
Police launched a massive manhunt for the missing boy with local officers, FBI agents and around 50 volunteers as well as a canine unit.
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This is the moment missing two-year-old boy, River (right) was rescued from bushes by police (left)
Little River, found by K9 Ava and handler Becky Irving, of Mountain Wave, was discovered in a blackberry bush just two blocks from his parents' home almost six hours later.
Video shot from a police helicopter above captured the heroic moment that a police officer was able to pull the boy from the brush and took him in his arms.
'He was very distraught during the ordeal,' said Portland Police Sgt. Jeff Helfrich who described River cold and shaking.
'It brought a tear to my eye because he was alive, we found him, that's a very big deal to find a child alive like that, because the more these go on, the more things can take different turns.'
The boy's parents were overwhelmed with relief their son had been found.
An officer with the Portland Police Bureau, background left, carries the two-year-old boy to an ambulance
River was reported as missing from his Northeast Portland home, in Oregon, after his mother discovered he was not in his bed at 6am on Saturday morning (pictured is the rescue)
Police launched a manhunt for the missing boy with a canine unit and police helicopter captured the moment he was rescued and carried out by an officer
'I'm pretty beside myself,' Hollian Markusen, 27, told Oregon Live. 'My son was lost. My beautiful, 2-year-old boy who've I've never been away from for more than a couple of hours his entire life.'
River's father Aaron Schomaker, 28, added that he was incredibly grateful to all the volunteers and police who had turned out to help look for River.
He said that he had arrived home from his bar tending job at just before 5am, only to be woken up at hour later by Markusen's screams that their son was missing from his bed.
Schomaker believes his son may have got out through a ground floor door from their condominium and says he is planning to child-proof the door immediately.
River was cold and shaking by the time police found him, several hours after he went missing
The boy was taken to a local hospital for treatment for cold exposure and scratches
River was then taken to the hospital for treatment for cold exposure and scratches where he remained as of 7pm last night.
Police believe the toddler escaped outside through an unlocked door.
'This is a great reminder for all parents,' said Portland Police Sgt. Jeff Helfrich. 'Make sure you have child safety locks on your doors and if you have adventurous kids, make sure you take care of those.'
Police said investigators will forward the report to the Oregon Department of Human Services as matter of procedure but no charges have been brought against the parents.
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