Here’s some blessed news. Over 62,000 missing children were found in the United States this year. They were lost, their whereabouts unknown, and their safety uncertain.
But the blessing of their rescue comes with more tremendous challenges.
When authorities located these kids, far too many were discovered in situations no child should ever endure. Many were trapped in domestic servitude, locked in homes where they cooked, cleaned, and existed only to serve. And many, heartbreakingly many, were funneled into sex trafficking rings, bought and sold by criminals who saw vulnerable children as commodities.
These weren't kids who got lost. They were kids who were taken. Exploited. Hidden in plain sight while traffickers profited from their suffering.
The 62,000 we've located represent both a tragedy and a warning: if this many children were trafficked and abused right here in America, what about the others?
Some estimates say 240,000 children are still missing. 240,000 kids enduring the same horrors,
At Aerial Recovery, we refuse to accept this atrocity. We don't believe these kids are expendable. And we refuse to let traffickers operate with impunity while vulnerable children suffer.
We plan to fight to rescue every single kid.
We deploy trained Humanitarian Special Operators retired military personnel with the skills, experience, and courage to work undercover, gather intelligence, and support law enforcement in high-risk rescue operations. We provide the technical expertise, surveillance equipment, and strategic planning that turn investigations into action.
And we don't stop at rescue. We offer trauma-informed aftercare, helping survivors begin the long journey of healing and restoration.
240,000 children. That number haunts us. Each one is an individual life, a kid with a name, stories, dreams, and families who love them.They are 240,000 needed rescue operations. 240,000 reasons why this work cannot wait.
Finding them all won't happen without you.. We need your help to build:
✓ Intelligence networks that can track trafficking operations across borders
✓ Partnerships with law enforcement agencies committed to aggressive action
✓ Trained personnel willing to go undercover into dangerous situations
✓ Technology and equipment that gives investigators the advantage
✓ Aftercare resources for survivors who deserve support beyond rescue
It requires organizations like Aerial Recovery that treat this as the urgent humanitarian crisis it is. And it takes people like you who believe these children's lives are worth fighting for.
As 2025 draws to a close, we're planning operations for 2026 that will directly target the networks trafficking migrant children. We're expanding partnerships with international law enforcement. We're training additional personnel. We're investing in the intelligence capabilities that locate victims and build cases against traffickers.
But this work is only possible because of people who refuse to look away.
Your year-end gift is more than a donation. It's a declaration that 240,000 missing children will not be forgotten. Your tax-deductible contribution before year-end directly supports rescue operations in 2026.
The calendar will turn. The year will end. But our mission continues because 240,000 children are counting on people like you to fight for them.
