Pennsylvania reporter finds two missing boys while covering their disappearance

A newspaper reporter found two missing boys — who it turns out were just skipping school — after he was sent to cover their disappearance in central Pennsylvania. Centre Daily Times reporter Shawn Annarelli says the brothers, age 7 and 9, were supposed to board a bus to their charter school Tuesday morning but didn’t. State College police posted their picture on Twitter about an hour later and Annarelli began poking around in some bushes near a playground after he heard some noise. He found the boys hiding under a blueberry bush about 90 minutes into the search, and called 911 after hearing one of the boys say, “They found us.”

I was about 15 yards away from the rest of the media. I was going to talk to a police officer… when I hear two voices and see some rustling leafs.

Reporter Shawn Annarelli.

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