Searchers who are scouring the woods near where two children went missing in northeastern Nova Scotia six days ago are feeling “exhaustion and optimism,” an RCMP incident commander says.
As many as 140 search and rescue crew members have been involved in the search each day for six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan, who police believe have wandered from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, N.S., last Friday morning.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Josh Wiese, the incident commander, said some of the crew members have been there since Day 1.
“They’re tired and they’re optimistic. They have one job. This is all search and rescue does is they try and bring people home safely,” Wiese said on Tuesday near the search area, about 25 kilometres southwest of New Glasgow.
“They’re trying to stay on mission. They’re sacrificing their personal lives. They’re sacrificing a lot to be here to try and help this family out to bring these two children home.”
RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Carlie McCann said crews were expected to continue searching late Tuesday and into Wednesday morning “with the tools and resources that are identified as being necessary.”
She said the case remains a missing persons investigation.
“Police are pursuing all investigative avenues and there’s a variety of teams involved who are applying the tools and the skills and the expertise needed to locate and and bring Lily and Jack home,” said McCann on Tuesday afternoon.
Drones took to the skies late Monday and into Tuesday in the rural community in the province’s northeast, using “forward-looking infrared technology” to spot differences in temperature, which can point people toward specific areas for ground searches.
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