After going missing a day after her arrival at the Dusun Pantai Hill resort near Seremban, the search for 15-year-old Irish teen Nora Anne Quoirin has seen a massive Search and Rescue (SAR) mobilisation comprising of 252 officers and personnel from various agencies.
Not only are helicopters from the Royal Malaysia Police Air Wing Unit and drones are utilised, Very Able Troopers 69 (VAT 69), an elite multi-tasking special forces unit of PDRM, is also joining the efforts to search for Nora.
As efforts to search the missing girl continues, the parents of Nora stepped up to the plate to share their gratitude of the efforts of the SAR team to look for their daughter.
Taking to Twitter, Astro Radio News shared the footage of Sebastian Quoiring and Meabh Quoirin’s first public appearance.
Ibu bapa Nora Anne Quoirin ucap terima kasih kepada semua petugas SAR kerana sanggup korbankan masa cuti mereka sempena Hari Raya Aidiladha untuk bersama-sama mencari anaknya
Sumber: PDRM pic.twitter.com/WbfQDbY16a— Astro Radio News (@AstroRadioNews) August 10, 2019
“We want to say thank you to each and every one of you. We know that you are searching night and day for Nora. We see you working so hard…praying with us…being with us…we know you have given up your time especially during a festivity to be with us…here.
This means the world to us, and we are so grateful for everything that you are doing for us. We are extremely impressed with the effort, expertise, dedication, and we hope that you will find Nora.”
Currently, the SAR team is focused at the area around the resort which is located in the foothills of the Titiwangsa mountains, next to a forest reserve.