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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 321708" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Wow. A friend just sent this to me. How traumatic!</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">NYC boy with Asperger's missing for 11 days lived in subways; says did it to avoid scolding</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">11-24-2009 09:46 AM EST </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The 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.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The boy's mother, Marisela Garcia, feels police were slow to make the case a priority because she's a Mexican immigrant. But police say they contacted the school immediately and leafleted most of the city.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Garcia wants to know how her son went unnoticed for so long despite surveillance cameras and a police search. He has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Police found Francisco Hernandez Jr. on Oct. 26 in a Coney Island subway station. He says he took refuge in the subway after getting in trouble at school and feared a scolding at home.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #252525"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">He rode trains and used station bathrooms. He says he mostly slept and lived on snacks and water.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 321708, member: 3419"] Wow. A friend just sent this to me. How traumatic! [B][COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]NYC boy with Asperger's missing for 11 days lived in subways; says did it to avoid scolding[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]11-24-2009 09:46 AM EST [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]The 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.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]The boy's mother, Marisela Garcia, feels police were slow to make the case a priority because she's a Mexican immigrant. But police say they contacted the school immediately and leafleted most of the city.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]Garcia wants to know how her son went unnoticed for so long despite surveillance cameras and a police search. He has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]Police found Francisco Hernandez Jr. on Oct. 26 in a Coney Island subway station. He says he took refuge in the subway after getting in trouble at school and feared a scolding at home.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#252525][FONT=Arial]He rode trains and used station bathrooms. He says he mostly slept and lived on snacks and water.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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