Autistic teen rescued at NM national monument
San Diego Union-Tribune Monday 16th January, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -; Search and rescue workers on Monday found an autistic teenager who had wandered away from his family during a weekend outing at White Sands National Monument and spent the night among the sand dunes with no food or water. The rescue came a week after a successful search for an Oklahoma couple who got lost at the monument ...
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