'Every Parent's Nightmare': Deputy Reunites Lost Child With Mother on Florida Beach

A Florida deputy was the hero on May 10 when he stepped in to find a little girl who got lost on a beach, and reunited her with her grateful mother.

Footage released by the Pinellas Sheriff shows Deputy Geoff Moore locating the girl at Indian Rocks Beach and a crowd applauding as mother and child are reunited.

“It’s every parent’s nightmare. Thankfully this story has a happy ending,” the sheriff’s office wrote. Credit: Pinellas Sheriff via Storyful

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Let's go find her.

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