PINSON, Tenn. — Search crews who actively looked for missing 2-year-old Noah Chamberlin battled freezing temperatures and the risk of crippling winter weather.
Volunteers were told to stay home Tuesday evening as law enforcement continued their search through the night.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Chester County Sheriff Blair Weaver and other agency officials took time to piece together some details about the search for Noah.
“Chester County needs a Red Sea miracle,” Madison County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Tom Mapes said.
“I’d like to try and clear up a few things,” Sheriff Weaver said.
Weaver set a clear timeline of when Noah Chamberlin went missing and when crews arrived to the search area.
The sheriff said the 911 call came in around 1:40 p.m. on Thursday last week.
Deputies arrived at the home 20 minutes later, according to Sheriff Weaver.
“By 3:00pm, we had helicopters in the air– THP helicopters in the air,” Sheriff Weaver explained.
Around 4:00 p.m., the sheriff explained dog were added to the search.
“By 6:00 p.m., we had 75-100 law enforcement, county fire,” Weaver said.
Crews have been searching the ground ever since Thursday night.
WREG obtained pictures from inside the search site which showed hundreds of people searching the rough terrain for the little boy.
“Our main mission is to find Noah,” one volunteer said. “It doesn’t matter — rain, sleet, snow, high water. I don’t care.”
Volunteers waited inside Pinson Baptist Church all day on Tuesday to assist in the search but were told the weather risk was too dangerous for untrained community members to be in.
Despite potential weather conditions, the sheriff expected to still find Noah alive.
“We are keeping our faith in God because until God tells us different we’re going to keep our eyes on him,” Angela Gaters, with Pinson Baptist Church, said. “We’re going to continue to do the only thing we know to do — to search and to search diligently.”