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8 Year Old Camper, Evan Thompson, Found Alive

Last week's news, but I am glad to hear this story had a happy ending.

An 8-year-old boy who wandered away from his campsite over the weekend was found alive Tuesday in a rugged area with steep cliffs and narrow ravines. Evan Thompson was found roughly 41/2 miles from where he had been on his first camping trip with family friends and a teacher. He was reunited with his legal guardian and was taken to a hospital, where he was in good condition Tuesday night.
This boy is extremely lucky that he was found and that he did not fall off a cliff or down a ravine. What I do not understand about this story is this: Evan, who has attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, had been without his medication, Gray said. First, why was no one closely watching this boy to make sure he did not do exactly what he did, wander away? Second, why did no one give him his medication? If he did not have it with him, why did the "legal guardian" not send it with him? I am guessing that this child was adopted due to the term the report used instead of mother or father or parents? Anyway, it is absurd that people put children in these types of situations.

Posted by Lucent on June 9, 2006 12:25 PM |

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