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FOUND! A search for a missing 11-year-old Elmwood Park girl ended Thursday afternoon when a trio of volunteer firefighters found her safe and sound in a shopping center sandwich shop.
Police pinged Janiah Townes s cellphone to the Elmwood Park Shopping Center on Broadway around 3:30 p.m., then flooded the area with volunteer firefighters and officers, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
A short time later, Firefighters Alexian Cruz, Mohammed Makanast and Scott Karcz found little Janiah at the Blimpie s a little over two hours after she was reported missing. It was an all-hands-on-deck move, as always, when someone goes missing, Foligno said. Our firefighters were quick to help out.