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After days-long search, boy with autism is reunited with lost bear
Get your tissues ready.
When two-year-old Lucas lost his teddy bear at a Toronto park this weekend, his mom Jessica Hoffart was in a panic. Lucas has autism and he takes his bear Teddy with him wherever he goes, from daycare to the bath.
So she started a Twitter to find him.
Teddy is missing! He is Lucas best friend and safety toy. He was lost on oct 8th at brittania (creditview tô Mavis)… pic.twitter.com/ieLQ91w1Rq
— Let’s Find Teddy (@Letsfindteddy) October 10, 2016
For the past 24-plus hours, the news team at City News Toronto has been on the hunt for Teddy, asking for tips from anyone who may have found him.
Video: The hunt to reunite a 2-year-old boy with his best friend ‘Bear’, a teddy bear service animal https://t.co/g05HJTuM1r pic.twitter.com/i9ID1rvgMB
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNews) October 10, 2016
Three families even tried to bring Lucas a new bear to see if they’d fill Teddy’s shoes.
.@Letsfindteddy Update: Three families are delivering teddy bears to Lucas today to see if they will work, Bear still hasn’t been found pic.twitter.com/P0YLC6fQH2
— Alanna Kelly (@CityAlanna) October 11, 2016
Then in a Facebook Live video today, City News had good news for Lucas and Hoffart. A woman and her son had found Teddy outside the local Costco, dusted him off, and thought to bring him home. When watching the local news that night, they realized it belonged to Lucas.
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The heart-touching video captures the moment when Lucas and Teddy are reunited: As soon as he sees his bear, the two-year-old reaches out of his stroller to grab him and gives him a great big snuggle.

Screengrab City News Toronto/Facebook
Thank you, good people of Toronto, for making us believe again in happy endings.

Jessica Machado
Jessica Machado is the IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.