13-Year-Old Lives In Subway
N.Y.-An autistic teenager from Brooklyn spent 11 days riding subway trains.Before police found him.He was afraid to go home.He got in trouble at school and thought he would be punished when he got home.
Francisco Hernandez Jr. suffers from Asperger's Syndrome,which makes him prone to odd behavior.
His mother said she feels her son would have been found sooner.If the cops had taken the case more seriously.She said,"I felt because i was a Mexican immigrant,there was no real urgency:.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said they made a "reasonable effort to find the teenager".
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Post a Comment Comments: 14
Glad to see that the story had a happy ending.
Great news that the teenager has been found.
Wow. Suprising... That is amazing someone would do that...
If the police in NY took this long to find a missing child on the subway, then there is no possible way that people should think that they would be capable enough to stop another terrorist attack.
oh god what happened to that child
awww this seriously made me cry
and its a sad fact, but Mexicans do get treated like crap in America alot. Its ridiculous.
I agree with the fact made by cgirlyeah, but surely the parents may have something to do with this too? I mean, the kid said he was scared to go home in case he was punished, so what kind of parenting does that show?
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- News Source: People.com | 2 months agoWednesday November 25, 2009 11:40 AM EST They say New York's a gentler, safer city nowadays, but it's not any less confusing – especially to a 13-year-old runaway. Francisco Hernandez Jr., who has the form of autism known as Asperger's syndrome,...
- News Source: CNN | 2 months agoA 13-year-old teenager with Asperger's syndrome spent 11 days in October wandering New York's vast subway system until a police officer recognized him from a missing persons' poster, according to police and the youth's mother. Francisco Hernandez Jr.,...
- News Source: Charlotte Observer Online | 2 months agoThe mother of a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome who was missing in New York City for 11 days says her son spent the entire time in the subway system. The boy's mother, Marisela Garcia, feels police were slow to make the case a priority...
- News Source: The New York Times | 2 months agoDay after day, night after night, Francisco Hernandez Jr., 13 years old, rode the subway. He had a MetroCard , $10 in his pocket and a bookbag on his lap. As the human tide flowed and ebbed around him, he sat impassively, a gangly boy in glasses and...
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- Blog Source: www.aspiesforfreedom.comFrancisco has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction, and can lead to seemingly eccentric behavior and isolation. His parents are Mexican immigrants, who say they felt the police were ...
- Blog Source: www.insignificantthoughts.comA 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the subway system last month. In a heartbreaking Times article, Francisco Hernandez Jr. tells how he took ...
- Blog Source: tselseth.blogspot.comPolice said Francisco Hernandez Jr., who suffers from a form of autism known as Asperger's syndrome, boarded a subway train after school Oct. 15 and was not found until a transit officer recognized him from a poster Oct. 26, ...
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