Actually, the matron apparently didn't forget him - she was running
late for an appointment and she didn't want to drive to Harlem to drop
him off, which makes it worse - such callousness!
Kat
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:26 PM, nicole espinoza <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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