Posted on 08/27/2002 8:08:17 AM PDT by dead
A man who was believed to be near the World Trade Centre on September 11 and was later reported missing has been found at a New York hospital.
The family of George Sims, 46, said they learned of his whereabouts earlier this month when the hospital called and said they believed he was a patient there. They asked for a photograph of him to confirm their suspicions.
"He's alive, but he's not in the best of health," his mother, Anna Sims, told The Star-Ledger of Newark for its Tuesday editions.
"When I saw him, he did not know me. He did not know his daughter. He did not know his brother."
Anna Sims said her son has been diagnosed with amnesia and schizophrenia. She did not disclose the hospital where he was being treated.
On an Associated Press list of 694 victims from New Jersey released last week, George Sims was listed as "reported missing" because there was no verification, other than a missing persons report filed by his family, that he was a World Trade Centre victim.
Family members said they believed Sims was "selling things" near the twin towers when the attacks occurred and, when they did not hear from him for a few weeks, they reported him missing to city police on October 7.
While no-one knows exactly where Mr Sims was the day of the attacks or how he ended up at the hospital, his family remains hopeful that he will eventually recover and tell them what happened.
"If God brought him this far back to me, he will come back the rest of the way. It will take time," his mother said. "I am just grateful he is alive. God worked a miracle."
The family did not apply for any of the financial assistance provided to victims' survivors and did not obtain a death certificate, the newspaper said.
WOW, if anyone needed help it would have been this family of a streetside vendor. They sure sound sincere.
And once he is feeling better, PAX TV will be more than happy to showcase this incredible story!! It truly is a miracle.
Immediately following the collapse of the twin towers, many families went searching for loved ones in hospitals around the city. Now, one who was lost is found.
(Mom, you want to spread some of God's love by pinging the protestant list).
Time for one of the organizations holding millions in donations to step forward and try to help this man get healed.
So he doesn't know who he is and he has multiple personalities? If he has schizophrenia, then how do they know that one of the personalities isn't his real self and the others are alternates.
I suspect this man comes under the euphemism of "vagrant," and that he may have been schizophrenic for a while, and months of hospitalization have aggravated the condition.
Not that it matters, I guess, since he was thought to be dead and is alive.
[Seven seperate cases of] Men Missing Since 9/11 Found Alive
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