Two Missing Boys on Bikes Found Safe After Chavivim Search in Monsey

On the evening of Sunday, June 14, two boys set out on their bikes in Monsey and were supposed to meet up at a set location. When they never arrived — and a few hours slipped by with no sign of them — the worry set in. At 8:15 PM the call reached Chavivim, and within minutes members were rolling for what became a fast, coordinated search across both the streets and the woods.

Two Teams, Two Fronts

Command split the response into two teams working different terrain at the same time. Chavivim members took the streets — fanning out across the surrounding neighborhoods and covering miles of road, checking every parking lot, driveway, and corner a kid on a bike might have turned down. The second team — Chavivim's SAR-trained search-and-rescue members — pushed into the wooded areas, working the terrain grid by grid the way they train for.

Command Comes Online

The Chavivim command unit set up at the staging point — canopy up, lights on — as the coordination hub for everyone cycling in and out of the search area. Inside, members ran the operation off the mapping station, pulling up aerial and topographic imagery, carving the search into sectors, and tracking which team had cleared what.

Vehicles and members from across the divisions staged together at the command point, the hub for teams moving in and out of the streets and the woods.

Working the Search

As the ground and street teams worked their assignments, members kept coordinating by phone and radio — comparing notes, narrowing the area, and pushing toward the most likely places two boys on bikes would end up.

Found — Safe and Sound

The search didn't run long. At about 9:15 PM, the first boy was located in good health. Minutes later, at about 9:25 PM, teams reached the second boy as well — also safe and sound. With both boys accounted for, the search was terminated.

A Second Find During the Search

The night held one more turn. As teams combed the area, members came upon a woman unconscious in a parked vehicle — she had been inside for hours, with a dog. Members immediately alerted Hatzoloh and the police, gained access to the locked car, and the patient was treated and transported to the hospital. Read the full account of the Viola Park rescue →

Why It Matters

From the 8:15 PM call to both boys found was roughly an hour — but in that window members built a two-front search across the streets and the woods, stood up a command post, and put trained teams into the field. That speed comes from divisions that train and respond together: members turned out from Orange County, Rockland, and Williamsburg, different unit numbers on one radio, one search.

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