Posted on 08/27/2002 12:22:07 PM PDT by hjvan
Man Missing Since Attacks Is Alive Tue Aug 27, 7:36 AM ET
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A man who was believed to be near the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 and was later reported missing has apparently been found at a New York hospital.
The family of George V. Sims, 46, said they learned of his whereabouts earlier this month when the hospital called and said they believed Sims 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 on Tuesday. "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 is 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 Sims was a World Trade Center 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 Oct. 7.
While no one knows exactly where 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," Anna Sims 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.
Oi...
What did Hillary have to gain by claiming that Chelsea had been jogging at the WTC the morning of the attack?
Men Missing Since 9/11 Found Alive
Tue Aug 27, 7:26 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - Two men listed for months as missing in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center have been discovered alive in area hospitals, city officials said Tuesday.
In addition, the city medical examiner's office said a revised list of the missing and dead is expected to reflect at least five similar cases when it is released next week.
"Tell everyone I'm alive and in good health," said Albert Vaughan, 45, when reached by telephone Tuesday at the Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, where he has been a patient.
I don't think you should compare the way Hillary acts and the way a family that was missing a reative for almost a year acts.
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