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Disaster● Low2h ago · Nov 5, 2026, 3:01 PM

Rescuers describe grueling search for 6-year-old Kentucky boy and moment he was found

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from CBS News · North America

Roman Heilman, the 6-year-old who went missing in the eastern Kentucky woods for two days, was found Wednesday. Ian Lee reports.

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