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source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090102/ts_alt_afp/ussocialhealthincident_090102230623/print
Disabled NY man abandoned on icy bus
Fri Jan 2, 6:06 pm ET
NEW YORK (AFP) – A severely disabled New Yorker was lucky to be alive Friday after being abandoned 17 hours on an icy bus.
Ed Rivera, 22, spent New Year's Eve night in 15 degrees Fahrenheit (minus nine degrees Celsius) temperatures strapped into an empty bus after the overseer allegedly decided to leave him behind, police said.
Rivera suffers from cerebral palsy and reportedly has the mental capacity of a two-year-old.
Police have charged the bus matron, who was meant to bring Rivera back home from a special school, with reckless endangerment, a police spokesman told AFP.
CNN television reported that the woman had been fired. No one could be reached immediately at the bus company, Outstanding Transport, to confirm this.
The bus matron left Rivera sleeping in his seat "because she was late for church," the Daily News quoted sources as saying. "She knew he was there. She was hoping one of the other workers would notice him."
The bus driver apparently failed to notice Rivera when he left his bus at the depot, abandoning the young man to a potentially fatally cold night.
Police launched a search after Rivera's sister reported him missing but overlooked the lot at the depot where he was sitting helplessly, the Daily News reported.
Rivera's sister, Khristine Rivera, told the Daily News that he smiled and said "Hi" when he was found. "That just warmed my heart. Who knows what could have happened?"
Another shining example of ponerology in action. Ed was treated like an object, not a human being. God forbid the responsible party 'be late for church'.
Ed has the mental capacity of a 2 year old child....would this woman have left a 2 year old behind like this?
Disabled NY man abandoned on icy bus
Fri Jan 2, 6:06 pm ET
NEW YORK (AFP) – A severely disabled New Yorker was lucky to be alive Friday after being abandoned 17 hours on an icy bus.
Ed Rivera, 22, spent New Year's Eve night in 15 degrees Fahrenheit (minus nine degrees Celsius) temperatures strapped into an empty bus after the overseer allegedly decided to leave him behind, police said.
Rivera suffers from cerebral palsy and reportedly has the mental capacity of a two-year-old.
Police have charged the bus matron, who was meant to bring Rivera back home from a special school, with reckless endangerment, a police spokesman told AFP.
CNN television reported that the woman had been fired. No one could be reached immediately at the bus company, Outstanding Transport, to confirm this.
The bus matron left Rivera sleeping in his seat "because she was late for church," the Daily News quoted sources as saying. "She knew he was there. She was hoping one of the other workers would notice him."
The bus driver apparently failed to notice Rivera when he left his bus at the depot, abandoning the young man to a potentially fatally cold night.
Police launched a search after Rivera's sister reported him missing but overlooked the lot at the depot where he was sitting helplessly, the Daily News reported.
Rivera's sister, Khristine Rivera, told the Daily News that he smiled and said "Hi" when he was found. "That just warmed my heart. Who knows what could have happened?"
Another shining example of ponerology in action. Ed was treated like an object, not a human being. God forbid the responsible party 'be late for church'.
Ed has the mental capacity of a 2 year old child....would this woman have left a 2 year old behind like this?
