Video shows Gwinnett County police rescuing 5-year-old autistic child from drain

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Officers in Gwinnett County were captured on video rescuing a boy with autism from a sewer drain.

According to a Facebook post, on Nov. 15, Central Precinct officers responded to Peachtree Ridge Park after receiving a call about a missing 5-year-old boy who has autism and wandered away from a playground.

Officers searched for the child for 40 minutes when Officer Hugley spotted that a fence around a retention pond had been pulled up…

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