Cold water and food being delivered this afternoon to the command post at 15th Ave. The food was donated by Met CouncilBrooklyn, NY - As the entire Jewish community anxiously follows the story of the nine year old Borough Park boy who has been missing for the past nineteen hours, several anonymous Flatbush donors have followed Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s lead and are donating money to be offered as a reward for any information leading to the safe return of Leibby Kletzky, according to Chaim Deutsch of Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol.
With Hikind offering a reward of $5,000 and the three donors offering rewards of $20,000, $5,000 and $5,000 respectively, the reward has grown to $35,000, with donors hoping that others will follow suit so that an even larger reward can be offered in this case.
“We are positive that the community will come out in full force for this effort and we would not be surprised to see a reward of close to $100,000 offered for Leibby’s safe return,” said Deutsch in an interview with VIN News.
Police are not ruling out foul play in the case and are refusing to comment on several leads currently under investigation.
Deutsch confirmed that the search is not heading in a positive direction.
“It is rare to have a child missing for this length of time,” said Deutsch. “Normally if a child is found and they are disoriented or helpless, they end up in a hospital, which isn’t the case here. We can’t rule out abduction. We can’t rule out him accidentally falling into a construction site.”
Several hundred volunteers, many of whom are still on scene after spending the entire night searching for the missing child, continue to scour Brooklyn for both Leibby and any leads that anyone may be able to provide in the case.
A spokesperson at City Councilman David Greenfield’s office confirms that the Councilman gave his staff the day off so that they could join the search efforts as well.
“As the father of young children, I couldn’t sleep last night when I heard the news. I spent the night on the phone working to ensure that the NYPD had all the resources to search for Leibby. Of course, it was also a long night for the hundreds of volunteers from Shomrim, Chaverim, Hatzolah and Misaskim who were searching for Leibby. They have the gratitude of the entire community for their continuing efforts,” said Greenfield. “This kind of rare event is a tragedy not just for the Kletzky family but for the entire community. Rest assured, this is a top priority for the NYPD who have told me that they are using every tool at their disposal to find Leibby,” Greenfield concluded.
The nineteen hour search marks a huge coordinated effort between many organizations, all of whom are working together in the hopes that Leibby will be found safe and sound.
Benny Lifshitz, a spokesman for Crown Heights Shomrim who have been active in the search since it began told VIN News “just like every other neighborhood in Brooklyn, we are here to help. We have sent as many people as we can spare and we hope that the boy will be found quickly and safely.”
“We haven’t had any sleep,” said Yanky Itzkovitz Chief coordinator of Williamsburg Shomrim. “We are working together with other branches of Shomrim and Hatzala, searching all buildings, working block after block. People should be vigilant and if anyone has any information at all regarding this case they should please call us. Even the tiniest bit of information could be a very big help in our search for Leibby. Meanwhile, we continue to search and are hoping for the best.”
Food donated by met council being delivered to command post
Command post this aftrenoon 
News Source: VIN News by Sandy Eller
