Helicopter’s thermal imaging camera helps find child in Florida swamp

The rescue of a five-year-old girl from the wooded, swampy area (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office/AP)

A sheriff’s aviation unit used thermal imaging to guide deputies to a missing five-year-old girl who had gone missing in a swamp near Tampa, Florida.

The girl, who has autism, wandered away from her home on Monday and was quickly reported missing, Hillsborough County sheriff Chad Chronister said.