Nadia Bloom’s hero said God showed him the way

Nadia Bloom’s hero said God showed him the way
By Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel

6:56 a.m. EDT, April 14, 2010
WINTER SPRINGS — James King says it was an act of God that led him to find Nadia Bloom in a thick swamp early Tuesday.

"God directed me to her," King said hours after finding the 11-year-girl alive.

A day earlier, the 44-year-old University of Central Florida alum was part of a volunteer search crew that had been unable to find Nadia.

But at first light Tuesday, King, a military contractor, entered the woods armed with two cell phones, his shoes taped to his feet and some food and water to give Nadia if she was found. He prayed, quoted Scripture and looked to God to direct him to Nadia.

Then he called her name repeatedly as he ambled through the woods.

"I knew the Lord wanted me to go back in as soon as it was daylight," King said. "I needed him to direct my path. I asked him, would he guide my path?"

The path led him to the middle of the swampy area between state roads 434 and 417 and the girl's gated subdivision, Barrington Estates.

"I said, 'Nadia!' and she answered, 'What?' " said King, recalling a moment about 8:30 a.m.

The missing 11-year-old was sitting calmly on top of a log. She didn't appear to be injured but was "polka-dotted" by bug bites, he said.

He scooped her up gingerly, praised God and then called 911 from the phone he knew was equipped with GPS.
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