Posted on 09/23/2005 9:04:02 AM PDT by linkinpunk
Boy is left behind as his family evacuates
Conroe police find lost Pasadena 10-year-old inside convenience store
By RENEE C. LEE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
CONROE - Police are trying to locate the family of a 10-year-old Pasadena boy who was left behind at a convenience store Thursday afternoon as relatives continued their evacuation trek.
Conroe police spokesman Sgt. Bob Berry said the family was traveling in a five-car caravan from Pasadena headed to Dallas when they stopped in Conroe.
He said the family members went into the store as a group but apparently did not do a head count when they left and got back into their cars.
The boy told police he turned around and his family was gone.
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I hope the police, prosecutor, etc. do not over-react and prosecute the parents.
Hollywood agents are already fighting over the film rights.
Robert Barone, is that you?
Ron Howard told a similar story of his family on vacation. Seems they were in a 3 car caravan and someone in car 3 called him (in car one) asking where the teenage son was.
Turns out, they'd left him at a Kryspy Kreme or something like that.
Joe Dirt?
Home Alone 4: Katrina
I feel sorry for the boy.
If it was clear that it was an honest mistake, the police won't prosecute. These stories happen in a lot of families in non stressful times. If there's a 5 car caravan, the family may assume that he's in another car.
The parents, well I can empathize, but the kid will tell this story for a lo-o-o-o-o-ong time.
Hey, it happens. It looks like the boy will be well cared for, which is what is important. Sometimes you just gotta go with the "all's well that ends well" attitude.
On the most inopportune occasions...
Good grief!
Jesus' parents left him when he was 12 - they didn't notice for almost a day!
Barone flashback here too!
No one has noted that this is Bush's fault.
This happened to one of my grandsons, who was 8 at the time. Several carloads of us went out into the boondocks to do some target shooting. When we left, his parents thought he had gotten into our car, and we thought he was with his parents. Thank heaven for cell phones. We figured out he wasn't with us about five minutes later and went back.
LOL! That's for sure!
Yes, but would Mary have forwarded her cell phone?
lol
Classic movie.
I wonder how my Supreme Court confirmation hearing would go if, when asked by Schumer for my favorie movie, said "Joe Dirt."
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