A three-year-old boy missing for three days over the weekend in Australia was found alive in thick, mountainous bushland on Sept. 6. Anthony “AJ” Elfalak was reunited with his family after being spotted by a rescue helicopter, half a kilometre from his home, sitting in a creek drinking water with his hands. He had been missing from the rural property in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales from 11.45 a.m. on Sept. 2. The toddler, who has autism and is non-verbal, survived three nights completely alone in the Australian bush in temperatures as low as three degrees celsius. AJ was spotted by a police helicopter, who then alerted the search party to his location. An Special Emergency Service volunteer walked up to AJ and put his hand on his shoulder, Simon Merrick, the Hunter Region commander told reporters on Monday afternoon. “[AJ] turned to him with a massive …