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nicole espinoza <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:26:04 -0600
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poor edwin i want to know how the bus matron didnt notice a 6'2 guy
sitting on her bus? thats just negligence!!! she should be charged for
this. i dont know the extent of his disability but thank god he didnt
wonder off the bus and get himself hurt or even someone break into the
bus and hurt him or worse!!!!

On 1/2/09, Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> (I guess it's a sad  commentary on the state of things that I'm not
> surprised at this. K)
>
> Bus Matron Said To Have Left Special Needs Student On Bus
>
> By: NY1 News
>
> Police have arrested a bus matron after a special needs student was
> left overnight on a Brooklyn bus in sub-freezing temperatures
> Wednesday.
>
> Linda Hockaday, 51, was arrested Thursday night and now faces charges
> of reckless endangerment.
>
> Investigators found Edwin Rivera cold and shivering at a Brooklyn bus
> yard Thursday morning, nearly 24 hours after he left home.
>
> The 22-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, is being treated for
> hypothermia at Brookdale University Medical Center.
>
> Rivera's family reported him missing around 9:30 p.m. on New Year's
> Eve when he didn't return to his East Harlem home after taking part in
> a special needs program.
>
> They are still trying to figure out how this could have happened.
>
> "How could they do that, how could they lose a person?" said Khristine
> Rivera, the student's brother. "He's like 6'2 and hunches over, the
> seats are not even high."
>
> "I hope something, something's got to happen," she continued. "Because
> that's just pure negligence and stupidity and just because he is the
> way he is doesn't mean he's less of a person, he just needs extra
> help."
>
> Edwin Rivera is said to be in stable condition.
>
> NY1 has reached out to Outstanding Transport, which owns the the bus,
> but has not received a response.
>
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