Florida officials last week confirmed the recovery of 163 missing children during Operation Statewide Shield, a five-day drive they describe as the first state-led statewide recovery initiative and Florida's largest child recovery operation.
Attorney General James Uthmeier and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced the results in Tampa on 25 August. The children, aged from two months to 17 years, were located across Florida and farther afield between 17 and 21 August.
