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Lost overnight, a 6-year-old was found by a man who ignored search teams' advice

Published January 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM MST

When he was 6 years old, Thomas Sinclair wandered away from his family's campsite on Lake Superior and got lost. At dawn he heard a voice that has shaped his life ever since.

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