Missing 7-Year-Old Paddleboarder Found Safe as Officials Reveal His First Question After Being Located

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Greyson Hardy asked his rescuers for thing to eat erstwhile he was recovered hours aft being reported missing

Published connected June 4, 2025 01:05PM EDT

Florida authorities recovered Greyson Hardy, 7, safe aft he was past seen paddleboarding. Credit :

MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife/Facebook

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Greyson Hardy, 7, went missing while paddleboarding connected June 2 successful Bluewater Bay, Fla.
After an extended hunt involving collaboration crossed various organizations, authorities later recovered nan boy astir 1.5 miles upstream
Greyson’s first mobility to authorities aft being found: “Do you person immoderate food?”

The communicative of a 7-year-old boy who went missing while paddleboarding successful Florida has a happy ending.

On Tuesday, June 3, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced successful a Facebook station that nan child, whom they identified arsenic Greyson Hardy, had been recovered safe.

“Thanks to an unthinkable multi-agency effort—including our team, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson County SO, North Bay Fire, and Eglin AFB—he was recovered astir 1.5 miles upstream aft navigating a reliable creek afloat of submerged trees and obstacles,” officials wrote.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office announced that Greyson went missing connected Monday, June 2. He had past been seen by a family personnel while paddleboarding adjacent Rocky Creek successful Bluewater Bay.

Greyson Hardy.

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office/Facebook

The sheriff’s agency said aggregate units, including a drone team, took portion successful nan hunt for nan boy. They worked successful collaboration pinch unit from nan FWC, nan North Bay Fire Department, U.S. Fish & Wildlife and Eglin Air Force Base.

In its announcement astir nan boy’s discovery, nan FWC recalled nan first mobility that Grayson asked aft being found: “Do you person immoderate food?”

The FWC added that Grayson was taken to a infirmary and is doing fine.

“We are incredibly happy to study nan kid has been located by MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife officers and is safe!” nan Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office stated successful a Facebook update. “Great teamwork by all!”

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In a remark connected nan FWC’s Facebook station astir Greyson, one personification wrote: “Mom, Dad; you've sewage an explorer connected your hands. Have a bosom to bosom talk pinch him and make judge you're fresh to support him engaged pinch worldly to do."