SOUTH BRISTOL, N.Y. — A scary situation ended with a happy reunion over the weekend in South Bristol thanks to police.
A 2-year-old went missing in the woods and was found about an hour later by Trooper Brian Hotchkiss.
State troopers and the Ontario County Sheriff's Office were working to locate the girl. Hotchkiss found her on top of a rock in the middle of a stream. She was cold but OK.
Hotchkiss says he spotted a dot of pink color among the brown and gray of the hills there.
"So after about 15 minutes of climbing through the trees, I found the stream and followed the stream and located the child. She was laying on her stomach on a rock. I was calling her name and ran over to her, and I saw her arm move and I knew she was alive. My heart just dropped. She hugged me immediately and wouldn't let go," Hotchkiss said.
Police say the child was taken to a hospital to be checked out but is otherwise fine.