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>> This answer a new photo of Braxton and Brian Williams moments after they were
found safe. The siblings in the
back of an ambulance after
rescuers found that pair 2 days
after they disappeared from
their West
Side home.
>> They has been a blur used a
list today so we’re just
grateful that they’re perfectly
fine. OK.
>> The children are in good
health after searchers found
them about a quarter mile into
the woods near their home
that family. The second have a
wonderful Christmas that he’s
got the best Christmas present
know ever get an entire life.
>> A search team made up of
nearly 2 dozen rescue personnel
found those siblings
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after a team member thought he
heard a child’s voice.
>> Then the last hour we spoke
with Bryant and Braxton’s
mother she’s telling us at news
4 Jax
the kids are doing well and she
would like to thank Jesus first
and then she wanted to thank
the community for their
prayers.
>> The tips and the help
finding her children.
>> About a half hour ago the
sheriff tweeted calling today.
A good day.
And this is the moment we saw
both the children for the first
time in the back of the
ambulance, there. Our newsroom
erupted in cheers, you can see
a little bright and Braxton
being carried by first
responders there Braxton give a
little wave. We’re told they were very talkative and asked for cheese pizza, which of
course was delivered
tonight family members are
gathered at the family home at
the Paradise village mobile
home park in the White House
neighborhood.
>> They’re waiting for Bryant
and Braxton to return.
>> The sun news 4 Jax of in
covering this story extensively
since the amber alert was first
issued Sunday.
We start with news 4 Jax
reporter Erik Omni live at the
family home Eric, I’m sure
everyone there can’t wait to be
reunited with those children.
>> Yes for the first time in 3 days friends, family and neighbors who have gathered
inside this home are breathing
a sigh of relief that’s because
Bryant and Braxton
are safe. They are alive in
fact there at the hospital
right now getting treatment for
dehydration.
>> 3 days after being reported
missing by their father 6
year-old Braxton Williams and
his 5 year-old sister briar are
now safe.
This is a new photo of him
posing with the firemen who
helped locate them.
Jfrd says the firemen would let
go of them until they got to
the hospital would work at out
that the children were
found safe. Police in complete
strangers brought food to the
family home.
>> Issues is show how happy we
are for them to get their
children back and how it’s a
miracle of God.
>> Shortly before 04:00PM
searchers found the siblings
taking shelter inside a
dilapidated pump station just
north of their home.
Jacksonville police say the
children wandered from her
house which sits at the edge of
a large wooded area.
Roxanne Clifford Lloyd of the
children’s grandparents, we
spoke with him just moments
after their children were
located.
>> We got a baby make and never
gave up my fun, no one gave up.
We kill the bay and I thank God
with it.
>> Your reaction to getting
your grandchildren but I just
thank the Lord and I think
they’re about to fall to pry
out and the sheriff’s
department and there, but it
didn’t put his painted in it,
God bless tomorrow.
It was in this point guard
Sunday morning we’re Braxton in
Brian’s father told police he
last saw
his children.
>> He told officers he briefly
went inside only to come back
out and realize that children
were no longer in the yard.
Their disappearance sparked a
massive search effort that left
many wondering if they would
ever be found alive.
According to police the children were dehydrated they had some bumps and bruises but
they are said to be OK
in fact.
>> There’s a good chance that
those children might come back
home here. Some
time tomorrow reporting live
Erik avanier Channel 4 the
local station.
>> So Eric what is the mood out
there tonight see the Christmas
lights at least plugged in
around the house.
>> Okay, I think you guys ask him a question he please repeat that one more time.
>> Eric I’m sorry what’s the
mood out there tonight.
>> I can tell you right right now everything a little bit silent, but but there was so
much anticipation up until
about maybe 45 minutes ago
because we thought the children
were going to come back here to
the
House tonight. But then we were
told that there’s a chance that
they I’m a stay at the hospital
to receive more fluids for
dehydration a there were a lot
of cars that were parked here
you have quite a few people
there were strangers coming up
They were offering food
bringing food to the family
lots of family members lots of
friends, lots of neighbors.
They were all gathered here I
can tell you this was just a
one big celebration, a
celebration in the exact same
the Arctic and keep in mind.
This is the front yard where
those children went missing
they were last seen playing in
the front yard and then all of
a sudden
that goes inside he comes back
out and they’re not here
anymore so this is where a lot
of the family gather they
celebrated they were just so
happy so overjoyed to know that
those children were found safe.
>> All right Erik avanier reporting to us live. Thank you Eric, the children’s parents
Brian Williams and Bianca
Jackson arrived at the hospital
shortly after their children
are taking this afternoon, a
news 4 Jax reporter Corley peel
is live at U of health where
she’s Benson’s those siblings
arrived forward.
>> Well it was a special moment
seeing the faces of Brian
Braxton as they were brought
here to you of how this
afternoon jfrd says before the
children arrive to the hospital
they were tired,
hungry and thirsty and they
wouldn’t let go the
firefighters who saved them.
This video shows the
firefighters carrying out Brian
Braxton out of an ambulance
earlier today. We caught this
video right after crews found
the missing in the woods around
04:00PM their parents were also
seen getting out of a patrol
car and rushing inside of the
hospital during the 3rd day of
the search and so says rescue a
rescue
team member heard a child’s
voice and that led them to
finding the children in a
dilapidated pump House
about a quarter mile into the
wood mine from their home on
West Beaver Street jso says it
appears the children
wandered off after they
disappeared from their front
yard on Sunday.
And despite a few bumps and
bruises police say the children
are OK.
The video also show that
Braxton it was in an ambulance
right after the children are
found and firefighters hugged
and high-fived community
members who helped search on
their own were happy to hear
the good news
and also by Sanders here the
hospital were relieved.
>> So blessed to for them to be
found you know, I’m not home in
Odessa bliss. It is
people are you know grateful
that they found a man that has
witnessed him in that risk to
all 2 of them.
>> Right after the children
rescue jso says the children,
one in cheese pizza and they
say they got their chief’s
pizza here tonight reporting
live from you if out you have
helped Corley peel Channel 4
the local station.
>> I thank you Corley so
tonight, the children are
enjoying time with family would
soon come the tough
questions like how did they
survive 2 days in the woods,
especially it was pretty cold
Sunday night.
>> Joy’s here now joy you
discussed 70’s. Some of these
questions with a crime and
safety expert yes and based on
the timeline of events can
Jefferson says there’s
a possibility that someone may
have adopted abducted the
children they got scared
because of all the publicity in
return the kids to
the neighborhood. Well during a
news conference today sheriff
Mike Williams said the children
were simply lost in the woods
near their home.
But that investigators would of
course look into that
possibility and who would know
best but the children
themselves so I asked Ken
Jefferson.
>> How do you go about
interviewing a 5 and a 6
year-old about what sounds
like.
>> Too scary days and nights in
the woods. >> There are tensions man is not that long and they on they
want to play to want to get
away to want to do something
else. But there are
professionals that
can interview the children get
information out of them put him
in a relaxed atmosphere.
>> And what
about the white car and older
white male driver playing loud
kids music, you’re never
sheriff Williams asked the
public for more information
about such a person in
a vehicle. Well ask Ken
Jefferson is that suspicion
dropped now that the kids have
been found. >> I would say some you point I think that if their
investigation to someone.
Certainly to look into that but
as for is an all out
search for a white male in a
white vehicle. That’s not what
happened.
>> Well for now
tonight, none of that matters
we’re still talking about
today’s great news. I spoke
with the children’s mother
tonight
by phone. And you could hear
the relief in her voice she
sounded relaxed, thanking Jesus
as you heard in the community
for their help finding her
children and I could hear it in
her voice she is
hired, you know they’re not
even my kids and I’m exhausted
by all of this excitement
today.
>> Was
the crew.
>> A ball of the match and how
exhausting it is for those
parents live in and the relief
that came today when we heard
what happened shortly before 4
o’clock right. We can’t get
over the picture over your
shoulder there right it’s
incredible they’re so precious
and I imagine those
firefighters did not want to
let those kids yeah oh I can’t
now we’re looking at mostly the
picture. They’re so adorable.
>> But they do look like
they’ve been in the woods
because look I mean little
Braxton he’s is his little legs
and he’s wearing shorts in
the woods. But you know to
me looks he looks like he’s
been out under a little so
rough couple days and that’s
something definitely that
investigators look at that look
at their clothes that their
condition and might everything.
>> I can even You’re looking at
pictures of them
from today.
>> Live in a good kid and how
great is it how many stories do
you all hear us copper
like this.
>> To that end a wrong are
believed to have the wrong
court to start off so great.
>> And then it and so
positively in us, you know
being able to be had
happy about great
ending to a story and I can
leaking you’re going to as as I
was driving into work today and
seeing their fit their faces up
on the billboard and I was like
ah, you
and thinking Christmas is
coming and how painful for
these families and then a.
>> And then
this happens that’s incredible
and the community pulls
together the community
was awesome.
>> Amazing so area talk about
it all night News for jax’s
with you every emotional moment
from the beginning of the
search until the end today.
Still ahead at 1030 we’ll break
down a timeline of these events
and then as the investigation
turns to figuring out how
Braxton and Brian got lost and