Thank you NSW Police, SES, Surf Life Saving, RFS, the Kendall community and the public

September 20, 2014 by NSW Police Media Unit, on behalf of the family of William Tyrell

Thank you does not seem like the right sort of word to express our gratitude and heartfelt warmth we feel towards each and every one of you. We have been completely overwhelmed with the way the public, SES, Surf Life Saving, RFS and the Police have rallied together to find our little Spiderman William. You didn’t know us and we didn’t know you but today we feel that we are a part of your extended community and we are warmed & comforted by the way you have shared our love for William. Our heartfelt thanks to you all.

William is only three years and three-months-old and really still a baby, he has so many more years to live and we desperately want him home. William up until a month ago was obsessed with all things Fire Engine and would tell us his name was “Firefighter William”… a future he deserves to fulfil. We pray and hope that our “Firefighter William” comes home soon.

This has torn away the fabric and foundation of life as we know it -shattered our entire family to the core. The words broken hearted come to mind, but in fact this is not even close to the way our family feels on so many levels. What has happened to William is wrong, so very wrong. I wish, I pray, I cry each night for him. I see other children and families with boys the same age and feel so ripped off, short changed, for him, his sister, my family and myself. I fear the worst but yet pray for something, anything. Someone knows something, someone always knows something. Someone can help find William and bring him home.

William's Daddy