‘The story is, don’t give up hope’: Good Samaritan discusses how he found Christopher Ramirez

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The young lad was reunited with his household connected Saturday pursuing a days-long search

Christopher Ramirez (Grimes County Sheriff's Office)

PLANTERSVILLE, Texas – A antheral is being hailed a leader aft helium helped bring 3-year-old Christopher Ramirez location safely to his family. The kid went missing a fewer days agone successful Plantersville.

The man, a Good Samaritan named Tim, told KPRC, KSAT’s sister station, that helium recovered Christopher successful a grassy country adjacent FM 1486, northbound of State Highway 249 connected Saturday. He told KPRC that helium had been prompted to hunt for the young lad aft attending Bible study.

“I was successful a Bible survey that we person each different Friday and determination were a fig of radical talking astir this small lad that’s been mislaid and it was quality to me,” Tim told KPRC. “This is the archetypal I’d heard of it. I’m not paying attraction to quality oregon anything, and, I was prompted past by the Spirit to accidental ‘you volition spell look for that boy. You volition hunt the woods.’”

“So, I got up this morning, did my Bible study, devotional time, supplication time, similar I effort to bash each day, and my woman came successful and said ‘what are you going to bash today?’ And I said ‘I’m going to spell retired successful the woods and spot if I tin find that boy.’ And, and I did,’” helium added.

Christopher disappeared astir 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, aft helium was playing with his family’s canine adjacent Plantersville. Family members said Ramirez followed the canine into a wooded area, but ne'er returned home, The Associated Press reports.

Authorities person been searching for Christopher since Wednesday, and implicit 100 volunteers besides joined successful the effort. Search crews canvassed aggregate areas, including respective ponds successful the area, but were unsuccessful.

Tim told KPRC his hunt for Christopher began astir 9:45 a.m., Saturday. And conscionable 2 hours later, astir 11:30 a.m., helium recovered the young lad adjacent a pipeline.

“He was astir apt astir 10 yards into the woods,” Tim told KPRC. “I was walking up a pipeline and I heard a noise. But it sounded similar it possibly could beryllium an carnal successful distress. Sometimes cervid volition bash that -- They’ll benignant of marque noises similar you deliberation it’s possibly a human. So I’m walking a small spot further and I’m truly listening hard. I’m wanting to perceive a child, right? And truthful past I perceive what sounds similar a quality kid successful distress. But I couldn’t recognize the words. As it turns out, helium lone speaks Spanish and I couldn’t recognize what helium might’ve been saying. Every clip I heard him I yelled retired ‘Hello, hello!’ but I didn’t get a response.”

Tim said helium heard the sound erstwhile more, and helium notified authorities that it could beryllium Christopher.

“They came retired and I told them wherever to spell looking and they started looking and I heard the sound up the pipeline, a small further disconnected to the close and they were doing their thing. They were yelling for Christopher and present I cognize his name.”

“So arsenic I’m walking backmost down the pipeline to travel backmost location and I perceive the sound and I thought ‘that’s odd,’” Tim added.

Tim said helium began calling retired for Christopher, and to his surprise, helium got a response.

“I called his sanction and helium responded and helium kept talking and talking and I conscionable went done the heavy of the woods and I recovered him,” said Tim.

Christopher was recovered successful the woods bare with nary shoes oregon clothing, according to Tim. He had besides gone without nutrient oregon h2o for respective days.

“I picked him up and helium wasn’t shaking, helium wasn’t nervous,” Tim told KPRC. “He was calm.”

“There person been a batch of radical retired successful this assemblage praying for this small boy. Many had fixed up anticipation and the communicative is, don’t springiness up anticipation and God’s inactive successful the occurrence business,” Tim added. “He’s inactive answering prayer.”

At past check, Christopher was being evaluated astatine the Texas Children’s Hospital successful the Woodlands with his parent by his side.

Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell besides recognized Tim on societal media, giving acknowledgment for his assistance successful the hunt for Christopher.

“He is simply a humble and benignant antheral that did not privation to his sanction mentioned. I had respective bully visits with him and thanked him for being there,” Sowell said. “He replied that God told him astatine Bible survey yesterday evening to spell look for him and helium would find him. This greeting the antheral did conscionable that and the remainder is simply a blessed ending to this story.”

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