Possible breaking news

Tonight I was able to follow and be involved in a possible news story. 

The story began with my brother, who went hiking with his boy scout troop this weekend.  He and two other boys walked ahead of the larger group (including the adults) and took a wrong turn.  My brother and one of the boys walked too far ahead and the younger scout was separated from them.  If they had taken the right path, the larger group would have caught up to the younger scout.  However, this was not the case.  Once my brother called my mom, the rush to find the lost boy began.  My mom and I both had the same instinct to call the state police to find the lost boy since he was young and alone somewhere in the wilderness as it was getting dark.  After many phone calls and hours of waiting, the boy was found.  He was a little spooked, but alright. 

This story could be news worthy because a young boy scout was lost in the wilderness for almost five hours and the police were called to search for him.  Anything could have happened.  I wondered as this situation was happening whether or not it would be on the news.  If reporters listen to police radios, they would hear about this story.

I was checking news websites to see if they wrote a story about it since my mom called the state police.  There are no news stories as of now which is good.  The priority should always be on finding a missing child first before reporting it.  I am going to keep tabs on the news to see if they ever do report this story.



UPDATE:   Well, maybe this isn't much of an update, but no stories ever came out of this incident.  I guess that is because the boy was found and nothing bad happened.  Perhaps it would have been more newsworthy if the search lasted over night, lasted more than a day, or if they never found him.  Thankfully, none of this was the case and the newspapers and stations let the story slide.