25 missing children found in Florida in the middle of 3-day operation

More than two dozen lacked children were located in Florida during a massive, multi-agency effort that lasted for three days.

From June 18, a total of 25 children over six Florida counties were found through the initiative, which also led to new investigative lines in several missing children’s cases, according to one press release from the National Child Protection Task Force (NCPTF).

NCPTF led the effort, which was held at the Jacksonville Office of Operation Light Shine, a non -profit “devoted to equip law enforcement and front line answers with resources, intelligence and technology needed to fight human trafficking and child utilization.”

Photos taken throughout the operation show individuals over organizations who hugged themselves over computers and a massive screen with a counter that indicates the number of “missing children that exist.”

Before the total number of steps to 25, Kevin Branzetti, CEO of NCPTF, reported that the first 21 children who are through the operation varied in age from 7 to 17 years, according to local CBS connected Whis is. Branzetti said that some of the children had been missing for just over a week, while others disappeared more than 400 days before they were found, the Jacksonville outlet reported.

“The multi-agency’s operation involved intensive fall review, investigation follow-up and the application of advanced technology to quickly locate children reported missing over clay, Duval, St. Johns, Nassau, Putnam and Flagler counties,” read the NCPTF press message. “During the three-day effort, law enforcement, child protection personnel, prosecutors, social services, non-governmental organizations and private partners to review cases, reveal trauma-informed strategies to help every child get long-term security and stability once recovered.”

Operation Light Shine shared some of the specific cases that occurred thanks to the effort in a InstagramWriting that “countless lives forever changed” and that “what we witnessed this week was extraordinary.”

Among the missing children, wrote non -profit organizations, was a “girl who had nothing, and offered her only meal to the advocate who helped her” and “Teens who convert their future – and asked about Geds, stable housing and careers.”

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Tim Tebow Foundation also helped the effort, along with Clay County Sheriff’s Office and St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. More than 70 people were involved, according to a group photo shared by several of the organizations and agencies involved.

“There is no greater responsibility than protecting our most vulnerable – our youth – and keeping our society safely. Operations as this shows the forces to work in uniform action, when we all gather for a common purpose,” said a spokesman for Clay County Sheriff’s Office.

Tim Tebow Equitated this in an official statement: “One of our non-negotiating at the Tim Tebow Foundation is that there is power when we gather. We are humble to come together with this incredible team of law enforcement, child protection agencies, experts and partners to stand in the gap for these missing and exposed children.”

“Our heart is to fight for the world’s most vulnerable people – the real MVPs – and we are so encouraged that we could be part of influencing these lives this week,” ended the Tim Tebow Foundation founder.

Each of the 25 children lying through the Florida operation, said NCPTF, hopefully will lead to recovery of even more missing children throughout the state.

“Detailed results and further information about individual cases will be handled confidentially by the respective law enforcement authorities to protect the minors involved and the press release.