Ground and air teams renew search and rescue efforts for Lily and Jack Sullivan in Pictou County, N.S.
Search and rescue vehicles and crew members are pictured on the road in Pictou County, N.S., on Saturday, May 15, 2025, when the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan renewed.
Renewed ground and air search efforts took place in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on Saturday for six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack Sullivan.
“We have five of the teams across the province here from the Strait area, Pictou County, Colchester, East Hants, and Halifax. We also have civil air search and rescue on site as well with one of their drones. We have approximately about one hundred people on site right now,” said search manager Amy Hansen.
The two children were last seen at their home on Gairloch Road on May 2. The children’s stepfather, Daniel Martell said seeing the renewed effort brings him hope.
“I know some people take days off work to even be here, so I am grateful for that and I am grateful for everybody that is applying their search efforts,” said Martell.
Police scaled back search efforts last week and said there was little chance the siblings were alive but that didn’t deter search and rescue teams on Saturday.
Jack and Lilly Sullivan, who were reported missing from their home in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County on May 2, 2025, are pictured.
“Just come back in with fresh people and cover more areas because we haven’t resolved the situation yet,” said Hansen. “We just want to find these children and bring them home,”
After fifteen days, Martell said he’s still hopeful the children will be found and still believes an abduction is possible.
“I’ve been calling for abduction since the first or second day as you guys have seen on the news,” he said “I wanted officers at all the borders, New Brunswick and P.E.I. and the airports but they said it wasn’t a concern and now it’s obviously a concern.”
