Tuesday - November 24, 2009
Story Of Runaway Asperger's Boy Proves Futility Of Trying To Keep It Together @9:50 AM
If you've got tissues nearby, get them out now: A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome ran away from home and spent nearly two weeks in the NYC subway system before being found by a MTA worker who recognized his face from a missing-person poster. Apparently afraid of being scolded for not concentrating at school, Francisco Hernadez Jr. ducked into a subway station near his home in Bensonhurst and rode the D, F, and No. 1 trains for 11 days, surviving on snacks bought at newspaper kiosks. READ MORE 24











