Mtatransit Posted October 15, 2013 Share #1 Posted October 15, 2013 Amber Arlert for Avante Oquendo In an unprecedented and monumental effort, hundreds of track workers and maintenance personnel fanned out through the entire subway system searching for the autistic teen, who walked away from his Long Island City school more than a week ago and has not beenseen since. MTA New York City Transit joined in the intensive city-wide search for Avonte Oquendo with the canvassing of hundreds of miles of subway tunnel, all468 subway stations, more than 1,000 maintenance and equipment rooms throughout the system as well as every train yard. This effort is in addition to recorded and live announcements being made in stations and on board trains around the system. Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted October 15, 2013 Share #2 Posted October 15, 2013 They probably still didnt check 76TH ST... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 16, 2013 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2013 This is great work by the ! I've occasionally heard announcements over the Bus radios about missing kids that have been spotted near certain lines, asking B/o"s to be on the lookout, but this is really unprecedented. I do hope Avonte is found safely soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTA1992 Posted October 16, 2013 Share #4 Posted October 16, 2013 They probably still didnt check 76TH ST... Aaaaah, 76th Street. If only it wasn't filled back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted October 16, 2013 Share #5 Posted October 16, 2013 Watch a war break out debating if 76 St actually exists or not... I have a hinch that he never entered the system... If he did, wouldn't have cameras caught him yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneggsnPelham Posted October 16, 2013 Share #6 Posted October 16, 2013 I doubt the TA has looked through the thousands of hours of video feed required to determine if a camera has caught him yet. I also hope this youngster is found soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted October 16, 2013 Share #7 Posted October 16, 2013 They probably still didnt check 76TH ST... You think a mute and autistic teenage boy somehow accumulated the drilling materials necessary and conducted a covert operation to knock down the walls and break his way into the unfinished skeleton of 76th St. Station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted October 17, 2013 Share #8 Posted October 17, 2013 I don't know... the kid's been missing for 12 days with no food and water and is nonverbal.. to me he's either kidnapped, dead, or starving. I hate to be pessimistic but I can't imagine how he's coping being alone for so long... Those stupid school security guards let him go in the first place.... in the schools where I've been to a lot of the guards don't do smack.. they sit at their desk all day and read the newspaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted October 17, 2013 Share #9 Posted October 17, 2013 Well to a degree, can you blame them? If they were to get into an altercation with the kid (kid tries to fight back) then the parents would probably sue the guard for hitting back or using force to subdue the kid. (not saying this kid would've hit someone, but with how people are so quick to threatening a lawsuit these days....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 17, 2013 Share #10 Posted October 17, 2013 I don't know... the kid's been missing for 12 days with no food and water and is nonverbal.. to me he's either kidnapped, dead, or starving. I hate to be pessimistic but I can't imagine how he's coping being alone for so long... Those stupid school security guards let him go in the first place.... in the schools where I've been to a lot of the guards don't do smack.. they sit at their desk all day and read the newspaper He's probably been able to get food from candy stands and the like. He is apparently a very friendly, cute kid even though he is non-verbal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 17, 2013 Share #11 Posted October 17, 2013 Well to a degree, can you blame them? If they were to get into an altercation with the kid (kid tries to fight back) then the parents would probably sue the guard for hitting back or using force to subdue the kid. (not saying this kid would've hit someone, but with how people are so quick to threatening a lawsuit these days....) I see what you mean: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/time-police-nypd-school-cops-article-1.390382 In October 2007, I wrote about shocking reports of kids being humiliated, manhandled, bullied and shackled by school cops in other U.S. cities and predicted that our city was fast approaching the same shameful category as those places where kindergarten children had been handcuffed and arrested. Only a few weeks after my column appeared, a 5-year-old special needs student named Dennis Rivera was handcuffed and removed from Public School 81 in Ridgewood, Queens. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/time-police-nypd-school-cops-article-1.390382#ixzz2hyunsrxF Handcuffing a 5 year old child? Are they kidding me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 17, 2013 Share #12 Posted October 17, 2013 You think a mute and autistic teenage boy somehow accumulated the drilling materials necessary and conducted a covert operation to knock down the walls and break his way into the unfinished skeleton of 76th St. Station? This, not to mention I don't think the drilling materials necessary to knock down that type of wall can be bought by anyone. Even if it was possible for him to get the materials and carry them from the station though the tunnel to the site, I'm sure he would realize its not worth it to possibly spend a couple of years in Jail just to see an abounded station that might not even be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfan22 Posted October 17, 2013 Share #13 Posted October 17, 2013 I don't know... the kid's been missing for 12 days with no food and water and is nonverbal.. to me he's either kidnapped, dead, or starving. I hate to be pessimistic but I can't imagine how he's coping being alone for so long... Those stupid school security guards let him go in the first place.... in the schools where I've been to a lot of the guards don't do smack.. they sit at their desk all day and read the newspaper Stupid security guards? lol they NEVER enforce kids leaving school early, I don't think schools want to them to either. However the real cops, NYPD do though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted October 17, 2013 Share #14 Posted October 17, 2013 I took the subway to work today. At 96th street while waiting for the express train they had an announcement about him. Well to a degree, can you blame them? If they were to get into an altercation with the kid (kid tries to fight back) then the parents would probably sue the guard for hitting back or using force to subdue the kid. (not saying this kid would've hit someone, but with how people are so quick to threatening a lawsuit these days....) From what I heard though, the security guard just told him to go back to class, but that was it. She didn't follow him or anything so he just went back and left out of a side door. Ridiculous. He's probably been able to get food from candy stands and the like. He is apparently a very friendly, cute kid even though he is non-verbal. Apparently someone thought they may have spotted him trying to steal some food, but who knows. He's only 5'3". Didn't realize he was such a little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted October 17, 2013 Share #15 Posted October 17, 2013 I hope this kid is found...alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 18, 2013 Share #16 Posted October 18, 2013 Apparently someone thought they may have spotted him trying to steal some food, but who knows. He's only 5'3". Didn't realize he was such a little guy. That would make sense. I hope that's true and they catch his trail from that tip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N6 Limited Posted October 18, 2013 Share #17 Posted October 18, 2013 I took the subway to work today. At 96th street while waiting for the express train they had an announcement about him. From what I heard though, the security guard just told him to go back to class, but that was it. She didn't follow him or anything so he just went back and left out of a side door. Ridiculous. Apparently someone thought they may have spotted him trying to steal some food, but who knows. He's only 5'3". Didn't realize he was such a little guy. I was wondering about how he'd obtain food after its been so long. But now the question comes to mind, does he know where he lives? Even though he's autistic, he likes trains so he'd at least know how to get home by train possibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted October 18, 2013 Share #18 Posted October 18, 2013 You think a mute and autistic teenage boy somehow accumulated the drilling materials necessary and conducted a covert operation to knock down the walls and break his way into the unfinished skeleton of 76th St. Station? I meant the immidiate area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbr40 Posted October 18, 2013 Share #19 Posted October 18, 2013 in my thought he could be hiding in one building that look like his home but not. i hope he still alive because he couldnt feed himself. let hope for safe return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadway Local Posted October 19, 2013 Share #20 Posted October 19, 2013 I can hear the announcement about that missing person from the Conductors and The Station. But I just hope the youngster is still alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted October 19, 2013 Share #21 Posted October 19, 2013 I really dont think this dude is alive people. It is what it is. This is nhow it happens with people gone missing with rare exceptions. Dont kill the messenger, I dont mean this in a pesimistic way, this is how situations like this concludes. No way in the world this kid was not found by now. crazy.... I sincerly hope I am wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted October 19, 2013 Share #22 Posted October 19, 2013 If not that, I do believe he's probably out of the city area at least if not spotted by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbr40 Posted October 19, 2013 Share #23 Posted October 19, 2013 where is he? my dad think he probably fell in the east river. i hope not. iirc there was another autism few years ago., he was found few days ago on the lines. he was able to talk tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted October 20, 2013 Share #24 Posted October 20, 2013 I've been seeing flyers of this missing kid all over the place.... Jokes aside, Is he the kid of someone wealthy or something? All the missing kids you briefly hear about on fox 5 news or w/e, but none have gotten this much attention over the years.... Why isn't little Avonte given the 10-second-with-the-sad-music-in-the-background treatment.... Crap, the above sounds f***ed up.... Lemme reciprocate the question - Why don't the other missing kids get as much attention that little Avonte's gotten..... Hope they find the kid alive though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lance Posted October 20, 2013 Share #25 Posted October 20, 2013 That's what I'm trying to figure out. Most missing kids don't get this much attention. Especially not having at least a hundred new recruits from the NYPD combing through every nick and cranny of a neighborhood. I'm not trying to sound insensitive and I hope they find this kid alive and well, but there's something weird about how everyone's treating this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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