BREAKING NEWS: Missing Florida girl Nadia Bloom, 11, has been found alive after 5 days in swamp

Girl found after 5 days in swamp

11-year-old is alive and well, but hungry and mosquito-bitten


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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. - An 11-year-old girl missing for five days in an alligator-infested Florida swamp has been found alive, police said Tuesday to NBC News.

Nadia Bloom, who is thought to have a mild form of autism, was said to be in good shape, according to local news organization WESH.com, but was tired, hungry and covered in mosquito bites.

The Metro Church said Tuesday that one of its members found the child and a spokesperson for her family also confirmed that she had been found alive and well, WESH.com said.

Concern for the girl was growing after police exhausted every possible tip during an all-out search that began last Friday when Nadia disappeared from her Winter Springs neighborhood.

NBC's Orlando station said the girl would be taken to South Seminole Hospital for a checkup.

Winter Springs officials had not been soliciting help from volunteers in the search, NBC Orlando said, but the Metro Church member, James King, and others from the church decided to carry out their own search.

"Obviously, we are ecstatic. Unbelievable good news," Church pastor Dan Holland said, according to NBC Orlando.

Holland told the station that a search team of about 35 to 40 men worked through the night Monday. He said the searchers prayed, asking the Lord to lead them to Nadia, then walked straight into the swamp and found her, NBC Orlando said.

"The hand of God ...," Holland told the news station. "However someone is found alive, I don't care. We are just ecstatic."

I've been following this story since Day One.

And I for One am Glad that she is safe & Sound.

wow, its nice to have a good story once in a while.

Swamp? The fact alligators didn't get a hold of her is remarkable

RobFunk said:

Swamp? The fact alligators didn't get a hold of her is remarkable

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Yes, this is Very True.....

I don't know How she did it, but Very Happy she made it.

SportSavant said:

wow, its nice to have a good story once in a while.

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Yup, you Always hear about the Bad. This is a Happy Story, with a happy Ending.

I don't understand. Was she just lying in the swamp for 5 days? What was keeping her in the swamp and how did she get there?

This was the First Story, when it Broke

Nadia Bloom Missing (PICTURES): Fla. Police Search for 11-Year-Old Autistic Girl

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (CBS/WKMG) Florida police continue to search for 11-year-old autistic girl Nadia Morgan Bloom, who was reported missing on Friday and was last seen in the Barrington Estates subdivision in Winter Springs, near Orlando.

PICTURES: Nadia Bloom Missing

Police told CBS affiliate WKMG that the search is focused on a wooded area because Nadia's bicycle was discovered at the end of a cul-de-sac on her street about a half mile away from her home.<!--pagebreak-->

Authorities said they have been working the case as a search-and-rescue case and as a possible abduction.

"Until we get something that tells us otherwise, we're not going to give up," Winter Springs police Chief Kevin Brunelle told the Orlando Sentinel. "When it comes to the well-being of another human being, we're not going to establish a timeline."

More than 100 searchers were looking for Nadia Sunday night using ATVs, amphibious vehicles and side scan sonar machines. Thirty search-dog teams were also out in the woods.

Police described Bloom as white, about 5-feet tall and 85 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing an orange T-shirt and blue shorts. She was carrying a black backpack with a horse on it.

Police said the girl has autism and does not have her required medication with her.

Winter Springs is about 15 miles north of Orlando.

Please contact the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Tip Line at 1-866-282-0672 with any information on Nadia's disappearance.

thats so awesome

great ending