Zachary Sandonato, a project manager with the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with his wife Nicole, saved a 4-year-old boy from a waterway near their Pasadena, Md. home Nov. 3.
The Sandonato’s heard an unusual sound while walking through their neighborhood along the water’s edge of Rock Creek, which flows into the Patapsco River. They quickly spotted a young child floating on their back. Without hesitating, Zach ran into the chilly, waist-high water to retrieve the child, whose head was barely above the water.
After bringing the child to safety, the couple yelled to neighbors to bring towels to warm the crying child. Anne Arundel police arrived shortly after and told Zach and Nicole that a missing child report was issued for a 4-year-old with autism, who ended up being the child they just rescued.
The child was briefly evaluated by EMS and returned home to his family once his mother arrived shortly after. EMS evaluated the child briefly and his mother arrived shortly after. He was then able to return home to his family.
The boy wandered from his home and traveled down a nearby road that was once a boat ramp, where he is believed to have…
