Posted on 03/05/2013 2:08:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
Peter Asumani's teacher worried when a student didn't show up for school for four days.
As it turns out, the 10-year-old wasn't cutting class -- he was saving his father's life.
Peter cared for his father, Bienvenu Asumani, 45, for ten days after the older man slipped on a wet floor and was unable to get up, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
Police found the boy and his father at their home in Lincoln, Neb., after Jeff Rust, the principal from Hartley Elementary School, called to report Peter's four-day absence.
In an affidavit filed with Lancaster County Juvenile Court, Investigator Cynthia Koenig-Warnke said she found Bienvenu Asumani lying on a footstool inside his home, unable to speak or answer questions, but his eyes were open and he was breathing.
According to court documents, Peter told Koenig-Warnke he had given his father food and fluids for more than a week after he fell, unable to move or use the bathroom. Peter told officials he was unable to communicate with his father.
Reports said it was unclear if the boy was aware of the 911 emergency phone system or if he tried to get help from a neighbor. Father and son live alone: Peter told police his mother lives in Africa and their closest relatives are in Arizona.
Bienvenu Asumani was transferred to Bryan Medical Center for treatment.
Judge Linda Porter granted permission to place Peter with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services while his father is treated.
Even when I was a kid I thought Timmie was
a dork. If he lived in my neighborhood Lassie
would have gotten tired of having to save him
from getting beat-up.
More likely Somali’s or nationals of another nation with similar issues carted to the US as refugees because they’re “oppressed”...
Update:
Lincoln, Nebraska (DNS) A nine year old boy who missed school while keeping his crippled father alive for ten days was arrested this morning by local police at the behest of public school administrators.
Stafford Schools Superintendent Roy Smails explained that, “This is a sad case, but rules are rules. Students must learn that attendance and school funding are paramount.”
The boy, who’s name is being withheld because he is a minor, has already been transferred from the Polk County Jail to Warrenton Correctional Institute, a medium security prison.
According to Smails, prison is the appropriate treatment for extreme truancy cases. “As we all know, children are state property, and it is our job as school administrators to assure that every child is given the opportunity to fully support school budgets. One bone-headed decision in this case cost the Lincoln School District over five hundred dollars.”
Smails recalled that, last month, an eight year old girl was flogged and deported to North Korea for missing three weeks of school due to the flu. School officials argued at the time that a few years in a collectivist state is not a punishment, but rather an educational experience
Lincoln school officials also plan to charge the truant ten year old boy with felony child abuse. “One might ask”, observed Smails, “how a child can abuse himself. Unfortunately, confidentiality rules prevent me from explaining our actions.”
In other news, the now comatose father of the boy has been charged with child abandonment, and will be arrested if and when he regains conciousness.
No argument there with Timmy! But that’s why God gave us dogs, there is no limit to their love and devotion, no matter how big a jerk owns them.
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