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An Illinois school completely lost a child, and AirTag found him

A kindergarten school in Illinois lost a child on his first day, but his mother tracked him down through Find My and an AirTag she’d given him.

Black backpack with an Apple AirTag attached to a strap near the top of the flap.
AirTag

It’s not clear whether the child knew about the AirTag, although when he’s older you can bet he’ll figure out how to leave it where his mother thinks he should be. And when he’s much older, she may be hearing about the kid’s psychiatry bill.

But for now, Shannon Stoker is glad to have snuck the AirTag into the six-year-old Stevie’s backpack as he attended his first day at Founders Elementary School in DeKalb. According to Shaw Local News Network, the school told Stoker to say that her child had been absent all day.

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