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The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann have expressed their sympathy for the family of Auckland toddler Aisling Symes who disappeared five days ago.
Gerry and Kate McCann have conveyed their best wishes to Alan and Angela Symes for the safe return of two-year-old Aisling who is strong suspected of being abducted, the UK Press Association reported.
Madeleine McCann disappeared in May 2007 just days short of her fourth birthday from a holiday flat in Portugal as her parents dined at a nearby restaurant.
Despite a massive worldwide hunt she has never been found.
Police have increased to 60 the number of officers searching for Aisling who disappeared from outside her late grandparents home in Longburn Road, Henderson, on Monday evening. Her parents had been preparing the house to put on the market when their daughter vanished.
Talking to Close Up on Friday night the Symes' said they have been questioning themselves as parents and wondering what they could have done to prevent the situation.
But they say it happened in an instant. Angela says she was simply turning off the tap when Aisling went missing and she can't believe the speed with which it all happened.
Alan says the police have dozens of scenarios about what may have happened and where Aisling could be but the hardest thing for them is not knowing whether she is being looked after.
"We don't know if she's happy, if she's really upset."
The exhausted pair say they are getting very little sleep because they want to be there the minute there is any news.
"The thought that we might find something about her is driving us forward," says Alan.
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