Amber Alert for 2-year-old Virginia boy canceled after he’s found

By Teddy Gelman
April 30, 2026 | 7:25 AM

Virginia State Police issued an Amber Alert on Thursday morning for a missing 2-year-old boy out of Norfolk, Virginia, but he has since been found. The boy, Ziyon Isyiere Suzario Dagner was believed to be in extreme danger. He was last seen just after midnight this morning. At the time, authorities said he was abducted by 35-year-old James Edward Lynch. They were last seen together headed south on Chesapeake Boulevard in Norfolk.

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School bus emergency? Fairfax County students have a plan to handle it

By Heather Gustafson
August 21, 2026 | 10:05 PM

This story is part of WTOP’s 2026 Back to School coverage. The wheels on the bus will soon be going round and round again in Fairfax County, Virginia, and some of its young riders are learning what to do if there’s an emergency on the way to school. The annual Safety Patrol Training Camp, hosted by Fairfax County Public Schools' Office of Transportation Services, combined hands-on exercises with classroom lessons to teach students how to keep calm during emergencies on buses. The training can feel remarkably realistic, with overturned school buses on their side or completely upside down in the middle of the county bus depot. Other buses, right side up, fill with smoke that is water-based but mimics the intensity of a bus overheating.

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