“I hope to never see anything like that again.” Drone Pilot recounts finding Bryan Vasquez surrounded by two alligators

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The household of Bryan Vasquez finally acquired solutions Tuesday, after the United Cajun Navy situated the 12-year-old’s physique in a lagoon in New Orleans East.

It had been practically two weeks since Vasquez, who was non-verbal and had autism, wandered away from his home.

“I’ve never seen anything like that, and I hope to never see anything like that again,” said United Cajun Navy drone pilot Jon Gusanders.

Gusanders says when he discovered Vasquez’s physique, it was surrounded by two alligators.

“Each time I would leave Bryan to replace a battery, they would return. They were attempting to push him and hide him,” said Gusanders.

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For practically an hour, Gusanders and other law enforcement companies maneuvered drones around the alligators.

By the time a New Orleans police boat was in a position to recuperate Vasquez’s physique, the alligators had been gone.

Gusanders says it was an overwhelming second.

“His final resting place was peaceful, as I mentioned before. He was in a peaceful position. He was on his side. He was lying in a bed of lilies,” said Gusanders.

United Cajun Navy volunteer Kaysee Seymour, who also has a baby with autism, says bringing closure to Vasquez’s mom was a must.

“We communicated with our actions, that we showed up every day. We continue to show up every day and we aren’t going to give up. And everybody, everybody in that community knew it. She knew she knew that we weren’t giving up,” said Seymour.

The Vazquez household spokesperson, Cristiane Rosales-Fajardo, says their neighborhood is endlessly grateful to the United Cajun Navy for serving to deliver the 12-year-old home.

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“To help us, who never gave up on us. And that mission was completed, that we have him, we have parts of him that we can go ahead and give a goodbye to, ” said Rosales-Fajardo.

Gusanders is now calling on wildlife and fisheries to take away alligators from the lagoon where he discovered Vasquez’s physique.

He desires to guarantee that what occurred to Vasquez doesn’t occur to another baby.

“Although a great first step. We all need to ensure that this is a focus for the wildlife and fisheries. To ensure that there are not gators continuously entering this water,” said Gusanders.

The United Cajun Navy says they’re working with the neighborhood to put up indicators in both English and Spanish to remind people not to feed the alligators.

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